Another name for hydrochloric acid is muriatic acid. My Latin ears immediately pricked and wondered if this was squished down mice (mus, muris) or something to do with destroying a wall (murus, muri). But no, it's derived from the Latin muriaticus meaning "pickled", from muria "brine". Thus neatly connecting it to another name for hydrochoric acid: spirit of salt.
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in reply to Wynke • • •@pseudomonas Maybe even 'as opposed to pickled with vinegar or lactic acid'?
The Dutch word for hydrochloric acid is 'zoutzuur' (literally 'salt acid').
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in reply to Adam • • •> Inherited from Old French salmuire, from Late Latin salimuria, from Latin sal + muria.
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Entirely off-topic, but I learned the word "saumure" at the same time as learning one of my favourite false-friends from the shelves of a grocery.
. o O ( "putting the _Sau_ into _saumure_" )
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