Etymology

azidoalcohol

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Today it means: Any alcohol that also has an azido group (typically on an adjacent carbon atom to the hydroxyl group) Full definition →

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

  1. Englishazido-
  2. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  3. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  4. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  5. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  6. Medieval Latinalcoho
  7. Middle Englishalcofol
  8. Englishalcohol
  9. English todayazidoalcohol

From azido- + alcohol.

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