Where does “Na” come from?
Na (Translingual) comes from Latin natrium, from Latin natronium, from German Natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j.
Na (Translingual): symbol for sodium
Definitions
- symbol for sodium
Ancestry of “Na”, step by step
Na traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin natrium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | natrium | sodium |
| 2 | Latin | natronium | — |
| 3 | German | Natron | bicarb |
| 4 | Spanish | natrón | natron |
| 5 | Arabic | نَطْرُون | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νίτρον | sodium carbonate |
| 7 | Egyptian | nṯrj | to be divine; to make divine; divine, holy |
| 8 | Egyptian | -j | Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives.... |
| 9 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 10 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
via English ná
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ná | — |
| 2 | Middle English | na | — |
| 3 | Old English | nā | no |
| 4 | Old English | ne | not; or, and not; "ne... ne..." is used to mean "... |
| 5 | Old English | ealles | completely, wholly, entirely; totally,... |
| 6 | Old English | -es | possessive marker, indicating that an object... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -as | used in formation of adverbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |