sal ammoniac
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
From Middle English sal armenak, sal armoniac, salarmoniac, sal armoniacum, sal armoniak, sal armonyak, salarmonyak, salle armonyacke, salt armoniake, salt armonyac, from Latin sal ammōniacus, sal armōniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn. Doublet of salmiac.