alcohol English · revision 17

+ ==Etymology==

+ The word is [[bor|la-med|alcohol|t=powdered ore of antimony]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD) [[der|ar|اَلْكُحْل|tr=al-kuḥl|t=the kohl]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) from ''al-'' “the” + ''kuḥl'', the fine powder used to darken the eyelids,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) from ''kaḥala'' “to stain, paint”.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Recorded in English from the 1540s in the sense “fine powder”.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ Paracelsus used the word both for a fine powder and for a volatile liquid.^(Etymonline) The sense “intoxicating ingredient in strong liquor” is attested by 1753, short for ''alcohol of wine''.^(Etymonline) Doublet of [[kohl]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

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