Etymograph

English

orcinol

Orcinol 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. Englishtodayorcinol

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. Englishtodayorcinol

A compound of orcin + -ol

Old French orchel

French orseille ‘orchil’

Dutch orseille

New Latin orcina

French orcine

English orcin

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 natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses

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

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

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