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Where does “odalism” come from?

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

odalism (English): A system of heritable freehold property rights to...

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  1. A system of heritable freehold property rights to...

Ancestry of “odalism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishodalAmong the early and medieval Teutonic peoples,...
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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