Morpheme
Alcohol
Type
free base
Denotation
organic compounds containing a hydroxyl functional group, any sublimated substance
Etymology
Middle English alcofol; Middle French alcohol and/or Spanish alcohol; Medieval Latin alcohol; Arabic al-kuḥl
Evidence
alcohol, alcoholaemia, alcoholase, alcoholate, alcoholic, alcoholic, alcoholicity, alcoholism, alcoholization, alcoholize, alcoholless, alcoholly, alcohologist, alcohology, alcohololysis, alcoholomania, alcoholometer, alcoholometry, alcoholophilia, alcohols, alcoholy, epoxyalcohol, fluoroalcohol, haloalcohol, ketoalcohol, nonalcoholic, polyalcohol, prealcohol, thioalcohol
Notes
<l> need not double (but can) because the stress falls on the first syllable
originally denoted “stibnite” and then “powder obtained through trituration” and then “liquid obtained by boiling down”
