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[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

measurehead

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

AL GUL

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Algebra being another biggie

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

alchemy, algebra, alkahest, al anon, al-aska, al-abama,

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I've been to Al-abama, beautiful culture and people, even if the language barrier makes them difficult to understand

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Dr. John Computers, inventor of computers

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

It wasn't Al Gore dancing to the rhythm!? My intro to CS class lied to me!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Meanwhile Americans decry the subversive influence of Hindu-Arabic numbers