Where does “abluminal” come from?

abluminal (English) comes from English luminal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

abluminal (English): Away from the lumen

Definitions

  1. Away from the lumen

Ancestry of “abluminal”, step by step

abluminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English luminal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishluminalof or pertaining to the lumen; of or pertaining...
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English AB

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishABAble seaman; able-bodied seaman; Afterburner; Aid...
2EnglishabscessA cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually...
3Latinabscessusdeparted; withdrawn; retreated
4Latinabsaway from; from; away
5Proto-Albanianaps
6LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
7Ancient GreekἌπις
8Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
9Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

Words derived from “abluminal

Every word from Akkadian guḫlum