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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Pulver

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Pulver
Friedrich Kluge2510538An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Pulver1891John Francis Davis

Pulver, n., ‘powder, gunpowder,’ from MidHG. pulver, m. and n., ‘dust, ashes’ (also in the 15th cent. ‘gunpowder’). From Lat. pulver (Fr. poudre, Ital. polvere).