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Where does “periclinal” come from?

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

periclinal (English): Parallel to the surface of an organ; Of a type of...

Definitions

  1. Parallel to the surface of an organ; Of a type of...

Ancestry of “periclinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclinalPertaining to beds or rest; Describing a torsion...
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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