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
- Away from the lumen
Ancestry of “abluminal”, step by step
abluminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English luminal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | luminal | of or pertaining to the lumen; of or pertaining... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of 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 |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English AB
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AB | Able seaman; able-bodied seaman; Afterburner; Aid... |
| 2 | English | abscess | A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually... |
| 3 | Latin | abscessus | departed; withdrawn; retreated |
| 4 | Latin | abs | away from; from; away |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |