Etymology

anatron

A1N1A1T1R1O1N1

Today it means: native carbonate of soda; natron Full definition →

French anatron ← Ancient Greek νίτρον ← Spanish natrón
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromنَطْرُون
  2. Spanish · derived fromnatrón
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromνίτρον“nitre”
  4. French · borrowed fromanatron
  5. English todayanatron

From French anatron, an old variant of natron, from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”) by way of Spanish natrón and Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνίτρον all →

tronaniternatronnitro-

Spanishnatrón all →

natron

Arabicنَطْرُون all →

natron

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.