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[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 39 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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."

[–] NoGodsNoMasters@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl