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Where does “alcool” come from?

alcool (French) comes from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum.

alcool (French): alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated...

Definitions

  1. alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated...

Ancestry of “alcool”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
2Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
3Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
4Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
5Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “alcool”

  • thymol
  • alcool
  • bromothymol
  • thymate
  • alcooliser
  • alcoolisable
  • alcoomètre
  • thymol
  • antialcoolisme
  • alcoométrique
  • alcoholiser
  • alcoholisation
  • alcoolique
  • alcoolase
  • alcoolimétrie
  • alcoolométrie
  • alcoométrie
  • alcoologue
  • alcoolat
  • alcoolé
  • alcoolification
  • dialcool
  • cuménol
  • polyalcool
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