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[denizaksulu]

The word alcohol I believe comes from the arabic word for it which is alghawl which in a literal sense means 'the spirit' al = the /ghawl = spirit which is wher we get our word spirits (as in whiskey etc)

nb; I stand to be corrected

al kohl is the word you look for.

I stand corrected Deniz

is kohl something to do with distillation?

I think kohl was the black mascara used to darken middle-eastern beauties eyes (mascara). This was a product of burning alcohol.

[SSBubbles]

Dont worry, if it will please you I will drink a slution of KCN. I am still suffering from last nights inebriation.
Damn headache.

We were out last night and I was the driver hence my vast water intake! I have had a wine or two tonight though!

[SSBubbles]

The word alcohol I believe comes from the arabic word for it which is alghawl which in a literal sense means 'the spirit' al = the /ghawl = spirit which is wher we get our word spirits (as in whiskey etc)

nb; I stand to be corrected

Not Greek then???

[denizaksulu]

Etymology
Look up alcohol in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The word alcohol appears in English in the 16th century, loaned via French from medical Latin, ultimately from the Arabic الكحل (al-kuḥl, "the kohl, a powder used as an eyeliner").

ال al is Arabic for the definitive article, the in English.

The current Arabic name for alcohol is الكحول al-kuḥūl, re-introduced from western usage.

kuḥl was the name given to the very fine powder, produced by the sublimation of the natural mineral stibnite to form antimony sulfide Sb2S3 (hence the essence or "spirit" of the substance), which was used as an antiseptic and eyeliner.

[Oracle]

The word alcohol I believe comes from the arabic word for it which is alghawl which in a literal sense means 'the spirit' al = the /ghawl = spirit which is wher we get our word spirits (as in whiskey etc)

nb; I stand to be corrected

Alcohol is one of those words with dodgy origins (bit like "fuck" ... popular preference puts it at Germanic, but there is no real evidence for that and many variations vying for association). The Arab word that's nearest to alcohol is the word for "kohl" the black eye-liner which in fact has very little to do with alcohol. But the Arabs spent a few hundred years copying, translating and transcribing the ancient Greek Medical texts ... so it's hard to attribute much to them, originally.

However ... is it Ethanol we are in fact discussing? ... In which case that is from the Greek for ether ....

[CBBB]

Etymology
Look up alcohol in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The word alcohol appears in English in the 16th century, loaned via French from medical Latin, ultimately from the Arabic الكحل (al-kuḥl, "the kohl, a powder used as an eyeliner").

ال al is Arabic for the definitive article, the in English.

The current Arabic name for alcohol is الكحول al-kuḥūl, re-introduced from western usage.

kuḥl was the name given to the very fine powder, produced by the sublimation of the natural mineral stibnite to form antimony sulfide Sb2S3 (hence the essence or "spirit" of the substance), which was used as an antiseptic and eyeliner.

Bloody show-off!

[denizaksulu]

Dont worry, if it will please you I will drink a slution of KCN. I am still suffering from last nights inebriation.
Damn headache.

We were out last night and I was the driver hence my vast water intake! I have had a wine or two tonight though!

I bet you were up all night. Poor Webbo and his hanover. How is Webbo coping?

[denizaksulu]

Etymology
Look up alcohol in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The word alcohol appears in English in the 16th century, loaned via French from medical Latin, ultimately from the Arabic الكحل (al-kuḥl, "the kohl, a powder used as an eyeliner").

ال al is Arabic for the definitive article, the in English.

The current Arabic name for alcohol is الكحول al-kuḥūl, re-introduced from western usage.

kuḥl was the name given to the very fine powder, produced by the sublimation of the natural mineral stibnite to form antimony sulfide Sb2S3 (hence the essence or "spirit" of the substance), which was used as an antiseptic and eyeliner.

Bloody show-off!

Oh no I am not. I just did a Halil. (C & P)

[Oracle]

The current Arabic name for alcohol is الكحول al-kuḥūl, re-introduced from western usage.

So NOT Arabic at all then?

[denizaksulu]

The word alcohol I believe comes from the arabic word for it which is alghawl which in a literal sense means 'the spirit' al = the /ghawl = spirit which is wher we get our word spirits (as in whiskey etc)

nb; I stand to be corrected

Alcohol is one of those words with dodgy origins (bit like "fuck" ... popular preference puts it at Germanic, but there is no real evidence for that and many variations vying for association). The Arab word that's nearest to alcohol is the word for "kohl" the black eye-liner which in fact has very little to do with alcohol. But the Arabs spent a few hundred years copying, translating and transcribing the ancient Greek Medical texts ... so it's hard to attribute much to them, originally.

However ... is it Ethanol we are in fact discussing? ... In which case that is from the Greek for ether ....

Definitely not. I began with the word 'alcohol'.