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suwwad
Arabic · medieval
"a soda-yielding plant"
a plant whose ashes yielded soda, used in glassmaking and soap
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soda
Medieval Latin · medieval
"an alkaline mineral salt"
carried into Latin for the alkaline substance derived from the plant
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sodium
English · 1807
"a soft, reactive silvery-white metallic element"
coined by chemist Humphry Davy for the metal isolated from soda
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