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Where does “physicochimique” come from?

physicochimique (French) comes from French chimique, from French chimie, from Latin chimia, from Latin alchemia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

physicochimique (French): Alternative form of physico-chimique

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of physico-chimique

Ancestry of “physicochimique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchimiquechemical
2Frenchchimiechemistry
3LatinchimiaAlternative form of chēmia
4Latinalchemiaalchemy
5Arabicكيمياءchemistry
6Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ—
7Ancient Greekχύμαthat which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
8Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
9Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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