Where does “picoalgal” come from?

picoalgal (English) comes from English algal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

picoalgal (English): Relating to picoalgae

Definitions

  1. Relating to picoalgae

Ancestry of “picoalgal”, step by step

picoalgal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English algal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalgalPertaining to, or like, algae; An alga
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
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
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English pico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpicoClipping of pico de gallo
2Cebuanopihocertain; specific
3Spanishfijofixed; firm; concrete, tangible
4Latinfīxusunwavering
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum