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Where does “nafta” come from?

nafta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα, from Old Persian *naftah.

nafta (Serbo-Croatian): oil, petroleum, naphtha

Definitions

  1. oil, petroleum, naphtha

Ancestry of “nafta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnaphthanaphtha
2Ancient Greekνάφθαnaphtha
3Old Persian*naftah—
Every word from Old Persian *naftah →