English
irisresorcinol
From iris + resorcinol.
A compound of iris + orcin + -ol + orcinol + resorcinol
Old French orchel
French orseille ‘orchil’
Dutch orseille
New Latin orcina
French orcine ‘orcin’
English orcin
Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’
Akkadian guḫlum
Aramaic כוחלא ‘stibnite, antimony’
Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’
Andalusian Arabic كُحُول
Medieval Latin alcoho
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
English orcinol
Today it means
noun A particular resorcinolic lipid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / irisresorcinol