Drugs - your opinion?

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david starling

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The word “Alcohol”
comes from the Arabic “al-kuhl” :smile:
which means
“BODY EATING SPIRIT”

It's actually from a Semitic word relating to the refinement of antimony into a powder, used for eye shadow. The restrictions against drinking alcohol in the Arabic regions resulted in a metaphorical use of the word, regarding the effect of imbibing alcohol as "shading" one's vision, and clouding the mind.
 

JUPITERASC

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It's actually from a Semitic word relating to the refinement of antimony
into a powder, used for eye shadow. The restrictions against drinking alcohol
in the Arabic regions resulted in a metaphorical use of the word
regarding the effect of imbibing alcohol as "shading" one's vision
and clouding the mind.

Origin and Etymology of alcohol :smile:
First Known Use: 1672


New Latin, from Medieval Latin, powdered antimony
from Old Spanish, from Arabic al-kuḥul the powdered antimony, from kuḥl kohl


Origin Mid 16th century: French (earlier form of alcool)
or from medieval Latin, from Arabic al-kuḥl ‘the kohl’.
In early use the term referred to powders, specifically kohl
and especially those obtained by sublimation
later ‘a distilled or rectified spirit’ (mid 17th century).
 
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