Etymology of the English word chemistry

Date

The earliest known usage of chemistry in English dates from the 17th century.

Derivations in English

actinochemistry, astrochemistry, biochemistry, cytochemistry, electrochemistry, geochemistry, histochemistry, immunochemistry, magnetochemistry, mechanochemistry, microchemistry, neurochemistry, photochemistry, phytochemistry, radiochemistry, spectrochemistry, stereochemistry, thermochemistry, zoochemistry, immunocytochemistry

Cognates

Dutch chemie, French chimie, German Chemie, Italian chimica, Lithuanian chemija, Norwegian kjemi, Polish chemia, Russian химия, Swedish kemi

Usage

Word found in Modern English