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minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish39•4 months 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]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months 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