Etymograph

English

glycol

Glycol comes from Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’, from Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς ‘sweet’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dlukúsreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλῠκῠ́ςglŭkŭ́s‘sweet’
  3. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
  4. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
  5. Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
  6. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
  7. Medieval Latinmodernalcoho
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
  9. English1500–presentalcohol
  10. Englishtodayglycol

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dlukúsreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλῠκῠ́ςglŭkŭ́s‘sweet’
  3. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
  4. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
  5. Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
  6. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
  7. Medieval Latinmodernalcoho
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
  9. English1500–presentalcohol
  10. Englishtodayglycol

Linked words

through Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς ‘sweet’

glycine, 1 more

through Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’

kohl, 18 more

through Middle English alcofol

alcohol, 18 more

through English alcohol

alcoholic, thiol, 18 more

Today it means

noun Any aliphatic diol.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *dlukús / glycol

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