Where does “histochemical” come from?
Histochemical comes from English chemical, from English chemic, from English aldehyde, from Latin alkimia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χημεία meaning the art of transmuting metals.
histochemical (English): Of or pertaining to histochemistry; Any chemical...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to histochemistry; Any chemical...
Ancestry of “histochemical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chemical | Of or relating to chemistry; Of or relating to a... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |