Where does “kimyacı” come from?
kimyacı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كیمیاجی, from Ottoman Turkish كیمیا, 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.
kimyacı (Turkish): chemist; chemistry teacher
Definitions
- chemist; chemistry teacher
Ancestry of “kimyacı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كیمیاجی | alchemist |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كیمیا | alchemy, the premodern study of physical changes, which eventually developed in modern chemistry |
| 3 | Arabic | كِيمِيَاء | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χυμεία | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |