Where does “کیمیا” come from?

کیمیا (Persian) comes from Arabic كِيمِيَاء, 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.

کیمیا (Persian): alchemy; elixir; chemistry

Definitions

  1. alchemy; elixir; chemistry

Ancestry of “کیمیا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكِيمِيَاء—
2Ancient Greekχυμείαart of alloying metals, alchemy
3Ancient Greekχύμαthat which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “کیمیا”

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