Where does “fitoquímico” come from?

fitoquímico (Spanish) comes from Portuguese químico, from Latin chimicus, from Latin chēmia, from Latin alchēmia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

fitoquímico (Spanish): phytochemical

Definitions

  1. phytochemical

Ancestry of “fitoquímico”, step by step

fitoquímico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese químico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequímicochemist; chemical
2LatinchimicusAlternative form of chēmicus
3Latinchēmiachemistry
4Latinalchēmiaalchemy
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 Spanish químico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquímicochemical; chemist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek χύμα
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