Potassa

Potassa, vel sal alkalinus,Smith's English-Latin Dictionary, Smith and Hall, 1871 est nomen commune kalii carbonatis (K2CO3) et aliorum salum quibus ionta kalii (K+) insunt.https://web.archive.org/web/20181212063308/https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/potash/

Nomen derivatum est a nomine Batavo potasch (hodie: potas), i.e. 'ollae cinis',Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1Online Etymology Dictionary (© 2001 Douglas Harper), lemma 'potash' quia parari solebat ligni cinere in aqua solvendo, deinde colando, postremo solutione in olla ad siccitatem coquenda. Aevo Medio potassa 'alkali' appellabatur, a nomine Arabico القلي  al-qili, a verbo قلی  qalā, i.e. 'coquere'.Raja Tazi, Arabismen im Deutschen (1998), pp.115-116Online Etymology Dictionary (© 2001 Douglas Harper), lemma 'alkali' Ex his duobus nominibus nomina invicem elementi kalii vel potassii derivata sunt.

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