Where does “chimik” come from?
chimik (Haitian Creole) 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.
chimik (Haitian Creole): chemical
Definitions
- chemical
Ancestry of “chimik”, step by step
chimik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chimique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chimique | chemical |
| 2 | French | chimie | chemistry |
| 3 | Latin | chimia | Alternative form of chēmia |
| 4 | Latin | alchemia | alchemy |
| 5 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |