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Where does “alcoolat” come from?

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

alcoolat (French): alcoholate

Definitions

  1. alcoholate

Ancestry of “alcoolat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalcoolalcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated...
2Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
3Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
4Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
5Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
6Akkadianguḫlum—
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