Where does “φυσικοχημεία” come from?
φυσικοχημεία (Greek) comes from Greek χημεία, from Latin chēmia, from Latin alchēmia, 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.
φυσικοχημεία (Greek): physical chemistry
Definitions
- physical chemistry
Ancestry of “φυσικοχημεία”, step by step
φυσικοχημεία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek χημεία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | χημεία | the science of chemistry; chemistry |
| 2 | Latin | chēmia | chemistry |
| 3 | Latin | alchēmia | alchemy |
| 4 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via Greek φυσικός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | φυσικός | natural, normal; physical; physicist |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |