Where does “chemistry” come from?
Chemistry comes from English chemist plus the suffix -iste, from French chimiste, derived from Arabic كيمياء and Ancient Greek χημεία.
chemistry (English): The branch of natural science that deals with the...
Definitions
- The branch of natural science that deals with the...
Ancestry of “chemistry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chemist | A person who specializes in the science of... |
| 2 | French | chimiste | chemist |
| 3 | French | chimie | chemistry |
| 4 | Latin | chimia | Alternative form of chēmia |
| 5 | Latin | alchemia | alchemy |
| 6 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
Words derived from “chemistry”
- biochemistry
- immunohistochemistry
- geochemistry
- biochemist
- electrochemistry
- stereochemistry
- photochemistry
- neurochemistry
- immunocytochemistry
- biogeochemistry
- histochemistry
- thermochemistry
- cytochemistry
- immunochemistry
- geochemist
- hydrochemistry
- radiochemistry
- phytochemistry
- microchemistry
- iatrochemistry
- spectroelectrochemistry
- mechanochemistry
- nanochemistry
- petrochemistry