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Where does “unicritical” come from?

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

unicritical (English): Having a single critical point

Definitions

  1. Having a single critical point

Ancestry of “unicritical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcriticalInclined to find fault or criticize; Pertaining...
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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