Where does “limbeck” come from?

limbeck (English) comes from English alembic, from French alambic, from Latin alembicum, from Arabic إِنْبِيق, from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων — crest of a hill; edge of a cup; pulpit.

limbeck (English): An alembic

Definitions

  1. An alembic

Ancestry of “limbeck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalembicAn early chemical apparatus, consisting of two...
2Frenchalambicalembic, still
3Latinalembicumalembic, still
4Arabicإِنْبِيق—
5Ancient Greekἄμβιξspouted cup; alembic, still
6Ancient Greekἄμβωνcrest of a hill; edge of a cup; pulpit
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