Where does “alcohol” come from?

alcohol (Dutch) comes from Spanish alcohol, from Old Spanish alcofol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum — kohl, antimony paste.

alcohol (Dutch): alcohol class of compounds

Definitions

  1. alcohol class of compounds

Ancestry of “alcohol”, step by step

alcohol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish alcohol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalcoholalcohol; galena; kohl, stibnite
2Old Spanishalcofol—
3Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
4Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
5Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
6Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via Latin alcohol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
2Aramaical-kuḥūl—

Words derived from “alcohol”

Every word from Akkadian guḫlum →Every word from Arabic كُحْل →Every word from Arabic كحل →