Where does “alkòl” come from?

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

alkòl (Haitian Creole): alcohol

Definitions

  1. alcohol

Ancestry of “alkòl”, 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
6Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum