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Alcohol
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kə.hɒl/, /ˈæl.kə.hɔl/
What “Alcohol” means
Noun
- Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
- Ethanol.
- Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
- Any very fine powder.
Where the word comes from
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol First attested in the 15th century from Middle English alcofol, from Middle French alcohol or Spanish alcohol, derived from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol transmitted in medical or alchemical literature of Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”), which in Andalusian Arabic also bore the form كُحُول (kuḥūl), قُحُول (quḥūl); bearing thus the meaning of stibnite first, then generalized in meaning to a powder obtained by triturating a material, then also to liquids obtained by boiling down, and specialized to mean spirit of wine, ethanol, in the 18th century, then the narrow chemical sense after 1850. Doublet of alcool and kohl. Various old etymological notes. * Bartholomew Traheron in his 1543 transla
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