English
ketoalcohol
From keto- + alcohol.
A compound of ketone + keto- + alcohol
German Keton ‘ketone’
English ketone
Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’
Akkadian guḫlum
Aramaic כוחלא ‘stibnite, antimony’
Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’
Andalusian Arabic كُحُول
Medieval Latin alcohol
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
Today it means
noun Any alcohol that also contains a ketonic carbonyl group
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ketoalcohol