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arrow-up1120imageImportant historyhexbear.netwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoAlcohol “is a medieval loan from Arabic al-kuḥl, a powdered ore of antimony used since antiquity as a cosmetic, and retained that meaning in Middle Latin.”
minus-squareNoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoand then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl
Alcohol “is a medieval loan from Arabic al-kuḥl, a powdered ore of antimony used since antiquity as a cosmetic, and retained that meaning in Middle Latin.”
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and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl