Etymology

monosodium

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Today it means: one atom of sodium in a compound Full definition →

English sodium ← Italian soda ← Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Arabicسُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
  5. Italiansoda
  6. Englishsoda
  7. Englishsodium
  8. English todaymonosodium

From mono- + sodium.

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