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al-anbiq
Arabic · medieval
"a distilling vessel"
a distilling apparatus used by Arab alchemists, from Greek ambix (cup)
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alambic
Old French · medieval
"a distilling apparatus"
carried into French alchemical vocabulary
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alembic
English · 1300s
"an apparatus used for distillation"
settled as the English word for the distilling apparatus
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