Where does “ethanol” come from?
Ethanol derives from English, ultimately tracing through French alcohol and Arabic كحل to Aramaic כוחלא, originally denoting a powdered cosmetic for darkening the eyes.
ethanol (English): A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from...
Definitions
- A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from...
Ancestry of “ethanol”, step by step
ethanol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ethane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ethane | An aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH, gaseous at normal... |
| 2 | Swedish | än | still, yet; no matter; than; in comparisons,... |
| 3 | English | on | In the state of being active, functioning or... |
| 4 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 5 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English alcohol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alcohol | Any of a class of organic compounds containing a... |
| 2 | French | alcohol | Alternative spelling of alcool |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | alcohol | powdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,... |
| 4 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 5 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 6 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
Words derived from “ethanol”
- ethanolamine
- bioethanol
- mercaptoethanol
- phosphatidylethanolamine
- ethanolic
- triethanolamine
- phenoxyethanol
- phosphoethanolamine
- ethanologenic
- monoethanolamine
- tribromoethanol
- hydroethanolic
- nonethanol
- phosphorylethanolamine
- bromoethanol
- acylethanolamine
- radioethanol
- ethanolemia
- ethanolysis
- ethanol
- acylphosphatidylethanolamine
- dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine
- dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine