The leading Japanese snack-food manufacturer Calbee has made headlines through its announced switch to black-and-white packaging for some of its products due to naphtha shortages, which are having a growing impact on a wide range of industries.
  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Naphtha

    Weird, I haven’t seen that word in ages. “Nafta” is a term for mineral oil products (often diesel) in many languages, including the one my parents were born in.

    • who@feddit.orgEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      The word naphtha comes from Latin through Ancient Greek (νάφθα), derived from Middle Persian naft (“wet”, “naphtha”), the latter meaning of which was an assimilation from the Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 napṭu (see Semitic relatives such as Arabic نَفْط nafṭ [“petroleum”], Syriac ܢܰܦܬܳܐ naftā, and Hebrew נֵפְט neft, meaning petroleum)

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtha