alcoholize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.

Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.

Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl)

Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.

Medieval Latin alcoholder.

Middle English alcofol

English alcohol

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English alcoholize

From alcohol + -ize.

Verb

alcoholize (third-person singular simple present alcoholizes, present participle alcoholizing, simple past and past participle alcoholized)

1. To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
2. To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit
3. To subject to the influence of alcohol
4. (obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder

Derived terms

• alcoholizable
• dealcoholize

Translations

convert into alcohol

• Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
• Italian: alcolizzare (it)
• Polish: alkoholizować (pl) impf
• Romanian: alcooliza (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati
• Spanish: alcoholizar (es)

infuse or saturate with alcoholic spirit

• Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
• Italian: alcolizzare (it)
• Polish: alkoholizować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: alcoolizar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

subject to the influence of alcohol

• Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
• Italian: alcolizzare (it)
• Polish: alkoholizować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: alcoolizar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “alcoholize”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.