Etymograph

English

fluoroalcohol

Fluoroalcohol 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 Latinmodernalcohol
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
  8. English1500–presentalcohol
  9. Englishtodayfluoroalcohol

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 Latinmodernalcohol
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
  8. English1500–presentalcohol
  9. Englishtodayfluoroalcohol

A compound of fluoro- + alcohol

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

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’

kohl, 18 more

through English alcohol

alcoholic, glycol, thiol, 17 more

Today it means

noun Any aliphatic alcohol in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine

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

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

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