Etymology

nonalcohol

N1O1N1A1L1C3O1H4O1L1

Today it means: Not containing alcohol; nonalcoholic. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  15. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  16. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  17. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  18. Medieval Latinalcoho
  19. Middle Englishalcofol
  20. Englishalcohol
  21. English todaynonalcohol

From non- + alcohol.

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