alco-

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

Nearby words

alcmaeon, alcman, alcmanic verse, alcmena, alcmene, alco-, alcock, alcock's canal, alcohol, alcohol dehydrogenase, alcohol dependence

Origin of alco-

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

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