niter

Meaning

Noun

Native sodium carbonate; natron.
A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

Origin

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum ("native soda, natron"), from Ancient Greek νίτρον. Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj ("natron"). natron. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.

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