saltpetre
Meanings
Noun
Verb
- To treat with saltpetre.
Related
Similar words
- (potassium nitrate): Chilean saltpeter/Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter/nitre, potassium nitrate
- (sodium nitrate): caliche, Chile saltpeter/Chile saltpetre, soda niter/soda nitre, sodium nitrate
Origin
- From Middle English saltpetre, alteration of Old French salpetre, from Medieval Latin sāl petrae, named so being found as an incrustation. Alteration of the first element is from folk-etymological association with salt (which is, nevertheless, cognate to sāl).
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