Where does “salpeter” come from?

salpeter (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Medieval Latin salpetra, from Latin sāl petrae.

salpeter (Norwegian Nynorsk): saltpetre, saltpeter (US), or potassium nitrate

Definitions

  1. saltpetre, saltpeter (US), or potassium nitrate

Ancestry of “salpeter”, step by step

salpeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin salpetra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinsalpetra—
2Latinsāl petrae—

via German Salpeter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSalpeterniter, saltpeter US; nitre, saltpetre UK

Words derived from “salpeter”

Every word from Latin sāl petrae →Every word from Medieval Latin salpetra →