Etymograph

English

isoquinolinol

Isoquinolinol 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. Englishtodayisoquinolinol

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. Englishtodayisoquinolinol

A compound of isoquinoline + -ol

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 A phenol derived from isoquinoline 1-isoquinolinol

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

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

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