The story
- Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
- Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
- Englishmono-
- Proto-Germanic*puttaz
- Frankish*pott
- Old Dutch*pot
- Middle Dutchpot
- Dutchpot
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*askǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*askā
- Old Dutch*aska
- Middle Dutchasche
- Dutchas
- Dutchpotas
- Dutchpotasch
- Englishpotassa
- Englishpotassium
- English todaymonopotassium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.