Where does “ביאָכעמיע” come from?
ביאָכעמיע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish כעמיע, from Polish chemia, 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.
ביאָכעמיע (Yiddish): biochemistry the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
Definitions
- biochemistry the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
Ancestry of “ביאָכעמיע”, step by step
ביאָכעמיע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish כעמיע
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | כעמיע | chemistry branch of natural science |
| 2 | Polish | chemia | chemistry |
| 3 | Latin | chēmia | chemistry |
| 4 | Latin | alchēmia | 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 |
via Yiddish ביאָ־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ביאָ־ | bio- life |