Etymology

gossypol

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Today it means: Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Latingossypium
  2. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  3. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  4. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  5. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  6. Medieval Latinalcoho
  7. Middle Englishalcofol
  8. Englishalcohol
  9. English todaygossypol

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) + English -ol.

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