Where does “כעמיע” come from?
כעמיע (Yiddish) comes from Polish chemia, from Latin chēmia, from Latin alchēmia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
כעמיע (Yiddish): chemistry branch of natural science
Definitions
- chemistry branch of natural science
Ancestry of “כעמיע”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | chemia | chemistry |
| 2 | Latin | chēmia | chemistry |
| 3 | Latin | alchēmia | alchemy |
| 4 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |