Etymology

nitroglycerin

N1I1T1R1O1G2L1Y4C3E1R1I1N1
English glycerin ← Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) ← Egyptian nṯrj
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Egyptiannṯr
  2. Egyptiannṯrj
  3. Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
  4. Englishnitro-
  5. Englishglycerin
  6. English todaynitroglycerin

From nitro- + glycerin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.