alco-

¹

1. a combining form representing alcohol in compound words (alcogas ), sometimes with the sense “using alcohol as fuel” (alcoboat; alcotruck ).

alco

²

[al-koh]

noun

1. alcohol.

2. Australian, Informal.,  an alcoholic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alco-¹

By false analysis of alcohol as alco- (an assumed combining form with -o- ) + -hol

Example Sentences

"The result means Syriza needs to redefine its strategies and tactics," said pollster Costas Panagopoulos from Alco.

From Reuters

A survey conducted by Alco polling agency for Open TV before news of the pension pledge, put the conservatives' lead at 8.5 points, while a majority of the respondents said they expected an election in September-October.

From Reuters

“He’s from Henriville, and when you say, ‘Henriville,’ it’s Versailles,” said M’hammed El Hiba, the longtime head of Alco, a community center in Amiens North, an area inhabited by the descendants of North Africans recruited to work in factories in the 1960s and 1970s.

From New York Times

The survey by Alco, a Greece-based polling company, indicates widespread trust in coronavirus vaccines despite a series of demonstrations in central Athens in recent weeks which have drawn thousands of protesters.

From Reuters

Alco surveyed a sample of 800 people aged over 17 by phone between July 19-25.

From Reuters