Where does “physicochemical” come from?
Physicochemical comes from English physical and English chemical, which derives from English chemic, from English aldehyde, ultimately from Arabic كيمياء and Ancient Greek χημεία meaning the study of substances.
physicochemical (English): Dependent on the joint action of both physical...
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- Dependent on the joint action of both physical...
Ancestry of “physicochemical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chemical | Of or relating to chemistry; Of or relating to a... |
| 2 | English | -ál | — |
| 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 | — |
Words derived from “physicochemical”