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Where does “kemi” come from?

kemi (Danish) comes from Ancient Greek χυμεία, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

kemi (Danish): chemistry

Definitions

  1. chemistry

Ancestry of “kemi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχυμείαart 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 “kemi”

  • kemiker
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