Etymology

sodic

S1O1D2I1C3

Today it means: Of, relating to, or containing sodium. Full definition →

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

  1. Arabicأَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
  2. Ancient Greekμελαγχολία (melankholía)calq.?
  3. Arabicسَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ)
  4. Arabicأَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
  5. Arabicسُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
  6. Italiansoda
  7. Englishsoda
  8. English todaysodic

From soda + -ic.

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