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Where does “trinitrofenolo” come from?

trinitrofenolo (Italian) comes from Italian fenolo, from French phénol, from French -ol, from French alcool, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

trinitrofenolo (Italian): trinitrophenol, picric acid

Definitions

  1. trinitrophenol, picric acid

Ancestry of “trinitrofenolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianfenoloA phenol
2Frenchphénolphenol
3French-ol-ol
4Frenchalcoolalcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated...
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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