Where does “alkaloid” come from?

alkaloid (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål alkali, from Arabic قلي — verbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...

alkaloid (Norwegian Bokmål): an alkaloid

Definitions

  1. an alkaloid

Ancestry of “alkaloid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålalkalian alkali
2Arabicقليverbal noun of قَلى; anything that is the result...
Every word from Arabic قلي →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål alkali →