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Where does “bisectoral” come from?

bisectoral (English) comes from English sectoral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

bisectoral (English): Pertaining to a set of two sectors

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a set of two sectors

Ancestry of “bisectoral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsectoralOf or pertaining to a sector
2English-ál—
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
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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