wtypstanaccount04 [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 4 months agoImportant historyimagemessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up1132cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
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minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear65·4 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 link
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]hexbear39·4 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." link
minus-squareNoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]hexbear7·4 months agoand then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear8·4 months agoalchemy, algebra, alkahest, al anon, al-aska, al-abama, link
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]hexbear5·4 months agoI've been to Al-abama, beautiful culture and people, even if the language barrier makes them difficult to understand link
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."
AL GUL
and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl
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
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