wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoImportant historyhexbear.netimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down11cross-posted to: science_memes
arrow-up1131arrow-down1imageImportant historyhexbear.netwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: science_memes
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·3 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-up39·3 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-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoAL GUL
minus-squareNoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoand then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·3 months agoAlgebra being another biggie
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoalchemy, algebra, alkahest, al anon, al-aska, al-abama,
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI’ve been to Al-abama, beautiful culture and people, even if the language barrier makes them difficult to understand
minus-squareDerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agodeleted by creator
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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