Where does “alkaloid” come from?

alkaloid (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk alkali, from Arabic قلي — verbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...

alkaloid (Norwegian Nynorsk): an alkaloid

Definitions

  1. an alkaloid

Ancestry of “alkaloid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskalkalian alkali
2Arabicقليverbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...
Every word from Arabic قلي →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk alkali →