English

alcotest

Blend of alcohol + test.

Sumerian Sumerian form ‘kohl’

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Aramaic כוחלא

Arabic كُحْل ‘kohl’

Medieval Latin alcohol

Middle English alcofol

Latin testum ‘earthen vessel, earthen pot’

Old French test ‘an earthen vessel’

Middle English test

English test

Today it means

noun An alcohol test; the measurement of the blood alcohol level.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alcotest