Where does “phytochimique” come from?

phytochimique (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.

phytochimique (French): phytochemical

Definitions

  1. phytochemical

Ancestry of “phytochimique”, step by step

phytochimique traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French chimique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchimiquechemical
2Frenchchimiechemistry
3LatinchimiaAlternative form of chēmia
4Latinalchemiaalchemy
5Arabicكيمياءchemistry
6Ancient Greekχυμείᾱart of alloying metals, alchemy
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

via French phytochimie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchphytochimiephytochemistry
2Frenchphyto-phyto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek χύμα