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minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAs a general rule any English word even vaguely related to science that starts with “al” was invented by some nerd in Bagdhad in 1084 ad
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoand then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAL GUL
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAlgebra being another biggie
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoalchemy, algebra, alkahest, al anon, al-aska, al-abama,
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’ve been to Al-abama, beautiful culture and people, even if the language barrier makes them difficult to understand
As a general rule any English word even vaguely related to science that starts with “al” was invented by some nerd in Bagdhad in 1084 ad
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.”
and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl
AL GUL
Algebra being another biggie
alchemy, algebra, alkahest, al anon, al-aska, al-abama,
I’ve been to Al-abama, beautiful culture and people, even if the language barrier makes them difficult to understand