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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ammonia XVIII. — modL. ammōnia, so named as being obtained from sal ammoniac. ammoniac XIV, earliest form armoniak — medL. armōniacus, -um, alt. of ammōniacus, -um — Gr. ammōniakós, -kón, applied to a salt and a gum obtained from a region in Libya near the temple of Jupiter Ammon.
So ammoniacal XVIII. ammonium XIX. — modL. ammōnium.

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