Etymology

orcinol

O1R1C3I1N1O1L1

Today it means: A natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  3. Proto-Italic*ausis
  4. Latinauris
  5. Latinauricula
  6. Latinōricula
  7. Italianoricello
  8. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
  9. Old Catalanorxella
  10. Old Frenchorchel
  11. Frenchorseille
  12. Dutchorseille
  13. New Latinorcina
  14. Frenchorcine
  15. Englishorcin
  16. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  17. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  18. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  19. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  20. Medieval Latinalcoho
  21. Middle Englishalcofol
  22. Englishalcohol
  23. English todayorcinol

From orcin + -ol.

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