English
alcoholize
Alcoholize comes from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’, and ultimately from Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’.
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEna₄.šem-bi-zi-datransliteratedcuneiform na₄.šem-bi-zi-da, a transliteration‘kohl’
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
- Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
- Medieval Latinmodernalcohol
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
- English1500–presentalcohol
- Englishtodayalcoholize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEna₄.šem-bi-zi-datransliteratedcuneiform na₄.šem-bi-zi-da, a transliteration‘kohl’
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
- Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
- Medieval Latinmodernalcohol
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
- English1500–presentalcohol
- Englishtodayalcoholize
A compound of alcohol + -ize
Sumerian Sumerian form ‘kohl’
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Aramaic כוחלא
Arabic كُحْل ‘kohl’
Medieval Latin alcohol
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
Linked words
through Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’
through English alcohol
Today it means
verb To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da / alcoholize