Etymology

tetrahydrocannabinol

Today it means: The psychoactive substance present in cannabis, a hydrogenated derivative of cannabinol. Full definition →

English cannabinol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Englishhydro
  7. Englishtetrahydro
  8. Ancient Greekκάνναβις (kánnabis)
  9. Latincannabi
  10. Englishcannab(is)
  11. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  12. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  13. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  14. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  15. Medieval Latinalcoho
  16. Middle Englishalcofol
  17. Englishalcohol
  18. Englishcannabinol
  19. English todaytetrahydrocannabinol

From tetrahydro + cannabinol.

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