Where does “chimia” come from?

chimia (New Latin) comes from Ancient Greek χυμεία, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “chimia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχυμείαart of alloying metals, alchemy
2Ancient Greekχύμαthat which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “chimia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χύμα →