Etymograph

English

natrium

Natrium comes from New Latin natrium ‘sodium’, and goes back to Egyptian nṯrj.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEnṯrj1
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentnatron1
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentNatron2‘sodium bicarbonate’
  4. New Latinc. 1500–1900natrium3‘sodium’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2006natrium3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, German Natron
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin natrium
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English natrium
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2006, Alena Aucharova, Valery Khomich: “The highest solute content (more then 1000 mg/L) and…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEnṯrjWiktionary, German Natron
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentnatronWiktionary, German Natron
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentNatronWiktionary, Latin natrium‘sodium bicarbonate’
  4. New Latinc. 1500–1900natriumWiktionary, English natrium‘sodium’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2006natriumWiktionary, English natrium. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2006, Alena Aucharova, Valery Khomich: “The highest solute content (more then 1000 mg/L) and…”

Every English word from Egyptian nṯrj

Today it means

noun Synonym of sodium.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “natrium”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for German Natron, Latin natrium. 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.

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