Meanings
Origin
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishalcohology
From alcohol + -ology, by haplology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish alkohologia
- alkohologiastudy of the effects of alcohol
French alcoologie
- alcoologiestudy of the effects of alcohol
German Alkohologie
- Alkohologiestudy of the effects of alcohol
Italian alcologia
- alcologiastudy of the effects of alcohol
Polish alkohologia
- alkohologiastudy of the effects of alcohol
Portuguese alcoologia
- alcoologiastudy of the effects of alcohol
Spanish alcohología
- alcohologíastudy of the effects of alcohol
Turkish alkoloji
- alkolojistudy of the effects of alcohol
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with alcohology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
alcohology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcohology
MLA
“alcohology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcohology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alcohology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcohology.
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