Where does “ալկաշ” come from?
ալկաշ (Armenian) comes from Russian алка́ш, from Russian алкоголик, from Russian алкого́ль, from English alcohol, from French alcohol, from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.
ալկաշ (Armenian): alkie, alcoholic
Ancestry of “ալկաշ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | алка́ш | — |
| 2 | Russian | алкоголик | alcoholic |
| 3 | Russian | алкого́ль | — |
| 4 | English | alcohol | Any of a class of organic compounds containing a... |
| 5 | French | alcohol | Alternative spelling of alcool |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | alcohol | powdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,... |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |