English

muriatic

Muriatic comes from Latin muriāticus ‘pickled’, from muria ‘brine’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l¹‘salt’uncertain
Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́ls¹‘salt’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλς²háls‘salt’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλμη³‘saltwater’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἁλμυρός⁴‘salty’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἁλμῡρῐ́ς⁵‘salt humour, salt scum’literally ‘saltiness’uncertain
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmuria⁶‘brine’
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmuriāticus⁶‘pickled’
Englishtodaymuriatic⁶

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς‘salt’uncertain
Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́ls1Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς‘salt’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλς2Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλμηháls‘salt’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλμη3Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἁλμυρός‘saltwater’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἁλμυρός4Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἁλμυρίς‘salty’uncertain
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἁλμῡρῐ́ς5Wiktionary, Latin muria‘salt humour, salt scum’literally ‘saltiness’uncertain
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmuria6Wiktionary, English muriatic‘brine’
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmuriāticus6Wiktionary, English muriatic‘pickled’
Englishtodaymuriatic6Wiktionary, English muriatic

adj Pertaining to salt or brine.

Sources: Wiktionary, “muriatic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek ἅλς, Ancient Greek ἅλμη, Ancient Greek ἁλμυρός, Ancient Greek ἁλμυρίς, Latin muria. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.