Where does “hyperosmolality” come from?
hyperosmolality (English) comes from English osmolality, from English molality, from English molal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول.
hyperosmolality (English): An unusually high osmolality, especially in any...
Definitions
- An unusually high osmolality, especially in any...
Ancestry of “hyperosmolality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | osmolality | The molality of an ideal solution that would... |
| 2 | English | molality | the concentration of a substance in solution,... |
| 3 | English | molal | Of or designating a solution that contains one... |
| 4 | English | -ál | — |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |