Etymology

boro-

Today it means: boron Full definition →

English borax ← Middle English boras ← Anglo-Norman boreis
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The story

  1. Middle Persian*bōrag
  2. Arabicبَوْرَق (bawraq)
  3. Medieval Latinborax
  4. Anglo-Normanboreis
  5. Middle Englishboras
  6. Englishborax
  7. English todayboro-

From borax.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.