Where does “chimie” come from?
chimie (French) comes from Latin chimia, from Latin alchemia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
chimie (French): chemistry
Definitions
- chemistry
Ancestry of “chimie”, step by step
chimie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin chimia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | chimia | Alternative form of chēmia |
| 2 | Latin | alchemia | alchemy |
| 3 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via French chymie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chymie | Obsolete spelling of chimie |
Words derived from “chimie”
- chemistry
- chemist
- biochemistry
- immunohistochemistry
- geochemistry
- biochemist
- electrochemistry
- stereochemistry
- photochemistry
- neurochemistry
- immunocytochemistry
- biogeochemistry
- histochemistry
- thermochemistry
- cytochemistry
- immunochemistry
- geochemist
- hydrochemistry
- radiochemistry
- phytochemistry
- microchemistry
- iatrochemistry
- spectroelectrochemistry
- mechanochemistry