Where does “alkali” come from?

alkali (Swedish) comes from Arabic قلي — verbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...

alkali (Swedish): an alkali

Definitions

  1. an alkali

Ancestry of “alkali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقليverbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...

Words derived from “alkali

Every word from Arabic قلي
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