Where does “كيمياء” come from?

كيمياء (Arabic) comes from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

كيمياء (Arabic): chemistry

Definitions

  1. chemistry

Ancestry of “كيمياء”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχυμείᾱart of alloying metals, alchemy
2Ancient Greekχύμαthat which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “كيمياء”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χύμα →
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