Where does “natrão” come from?

natrão (Portuguese) comes from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

natrão (Portuguese): natron hydrated sodium carbonate that crystallizes in the monoclinic system

Definitions

  1. natron hydrated sodium carbonate that crystallizes in the monoclinic system

Ancestry of “natrão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnatrónnatron
2Arabicنَطْرُون
3Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
4Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
5Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
6Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
7Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian -j
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