English

hydrosalt

From hydro- + salt.

Formed from hydro- + salt

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

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Proto-Germanic *saltą ‘salt’

Proto-West Germanic *salt ‘salt’

Old English sealt ‘common salt’

Middle English salt

English salt

Today it means

noun A salt supposed to be formed by a hydracid and a base.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hydrosalt