Etymology

diorcinol

D2I1O1R1C3I1N1O1L1

Today it means: An ether composed from two orcinol phenols Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  9. Proto-Italic*ausis
  10. Latinauris
  11. Latinauricula
  12. Latinōricula
  13. Italianoricello
  14. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
  15. Old Catalanorxella
  16. Old Frenchorchel
  17. Frenchorseille
  18. Dutchorseille
  19. New Latinorcina
  20. Frenchorcine
  21. Englishorcin
  22. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  23. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  24. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  25. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  26. Medieval Latinalcoho
  27. Middle Englishalcofol
  28. Englishalcohol
  29. Englishorcinol
  30. English todaydiorcinol

From di- + orcinol.

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