The story
- Arabic · derived fromنَطْرُون
- Spanish · derived fromnatrón
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνίτρον“nitre”
- French · borrowed fromanatron
- 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.