alcohol
/alˈkol/ · A2 · noun · m
alcohol
🍷 Arabic al-kuhl = the kohl; silent h, say al-KOL
From Arabic al-kuhl, the fine dark powder (kohl) used as eye makeup, which is why the word also names galena and stibnite. Alchemists later extended it to any refined essence, then to distilled spirit. The h is silent in Spanish.