Etymology

alkanol

A1L1K5A1N1O1L1

Today it means: Any simple aliphatic alcohol. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. GermanAlk(ohol)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  8. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  9. GermanAlkyl
  10. Germanalk-
  11. GermanAlkan
  12. Englishalkane
  13. Medieval Latinalcoho
  14. Middle Englishalcofol
  15. Englishalcohol
  16. English todayalkanol

From alkane + -ol.

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