The word 'ammonia' originally came from Egyptian as 'Ammon'

'Ammonia' is a word borrowed from Egyptian 'Ammon'. The word entered the English language some time around 1789.

ammonia [noun] [1789]

• a pungent colorless gaseous alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen NH that is very soluble in water and can easily ...
• ammonia water

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Etymology: New Latin, from Latin 'sal ammoniacus' sal ammoniac, literally, salt of Ammon, from Greek 'ammōniakos' of Ammon, from 'Ammōn' Ammon, Amun, an Egyptian god near whose temple at the Siwa oasis it was extracted

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