Etymology

trisodium

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Today it means: Three atoms of sodium in a compound. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishtri-
  2. Arabicسُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
  3. Italiansoda
  4. Englishsoda
  5. Englishsodium
  6. English todaytrisodium

From tri- + sodium.

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