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• alco-
  alco-

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

  noun

  alcohol.

alco-

¹ American  

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

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alco ² American  

[al-koh] / ˈæl koʊ /

noun

1. alcohol.

2. Australian, Informal. an alcoholic.

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Etymology

Origin of alco-

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

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