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niter

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From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen. Compare reconstructed Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“nitre”) related to Modern English lye.

noun niters · nitre

US, countable, uncountable A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
countable, obsolete, uncountable Native sodium carbonate; natron.

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noun potassium nitrate

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@misc{niter_2026,
  title = {niter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/niter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}