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Where does “cévenol” come from?

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

cévenol (French): pertaining to, or from the Cévennes region

Definitions

  1. pertaining to, or from the Cévennes region

Ancestry of “cévenol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ol-ol
2Frenchalcoolalcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated...
3Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
4Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
5Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
6Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
7Akkadianguḫlum—
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