Etymology

natron

N1A1T1R1O1N1

Today it means: A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·10H₂O. Full definition →

French natron ← Spanish natrón ← Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn)
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The story

  1. Egyptiannṯr
  2. Egyptiannṯrj
  3. Ancient Greekνίτρον (nítron)
  4. Arabicنَطْرُون (naṭrūn)
  5. Spanishnatrón
  6. Frenchnatron
  7. English todaynatron

From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”): R9 Doublet of niter and trona.

Words from the same roots

Spanishnatrón all →

anatron

Arabicنَطْرُون all →

anatron

Ancient Greekνίτρον all →

tronaniteranatronnitro-

Egyptiannṯrj all →

tronaniter

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.