polyglycerol

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
4. Englishpoly-
5. Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
6. Frenchglycérine
7. Englishglycerine
8. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
9. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
10. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
11. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
12. Medieval Latinalcoho
13. Middle Englishalcofol
14. Englishalcohol
15. Englishglycerol
16. English todaypolyglycerol

From poly- + glycerol.