Where does “alcool” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “alcool”, step by step

alcool traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin alcohol

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

via Medieval Latin alcohol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
2Arabicاَلْكُحْل—

Words derived from “alcool”

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