English
thiol
Thiol comes from Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’, and goes back to Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’.
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEna₄.šem-bi-zi-datransliteratedcuneiform na₄.šem-bi-zi-da, a transliteration‘kohl’
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
- Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
- Medieval Latinmodernalcoho
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
- English1500–presentalcohol
- Englishtodaythiol
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEna₄.šem-bi-zi-datransliteratedcuneiform na₄.šem-bi-zi-da, a transliteration‘kohl’
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEguḫlumtransliteratedcuneiform guḫlum, a transliteration
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכוחלאkuḥlā‘stibnite, antimony’
- Arabicc. 500–presentكُحْلkuḥl‘antimony’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600كُحُولkuḥūl
- Medieval Latinmodernalcoho
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alcofol
- English1500–presentalcohol
- Englishtodaythiol
Linked words
through Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’
through Middle English alcofol
through English alcohol
Today it means
noun A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da / thiol