Etymograph

English

alkanol

Alkanol comes from Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’, and goes back to Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’.

  1. Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEna₄.šem-bi-zi-datransliteratedcuneiform na₄.šem-bi-zi-da, a transliteration‘kohl’
  2. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
  3. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
  5. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
  6. Medieval Latinmodernalcoho
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
  8. English1500–presentalcohol
  9. Englishtodayalkanol

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEna₄.šem-bi-zi-datransliteratedcuneiform na₄.šem-bi-zi-da, a transliteration‘kohl’
  2. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
  3. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
  5. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
  6. Medieval Latinmodernalcoho
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
  8. English1500–presentalcohol
  9. Englishtodayalkanol

A compound of alkane + -ol

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Alkyl

German Alkan

English alkane

Linked words

through Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’

kohl, 17 more

through Middle English alcofol

alcohol, 17 more

through English alcohol

alcoholic, glycol, thiol, 17 more

Today it means

noun Any simple aliphatic alcohol.

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

Etymograph / Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da / alkanol

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