Etymology of the French word chimie
the French word
chimiederived from the Medieval Latin word
chimiaderived from the Medieval Latin word
alchimia (alchemy)
derived from the Arabic word
al-kimiya'derived from the Arabic word
kimiya'using the Arabic prefix
al-Date
The earliest known usage of chimie in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
chimique,
chimisme,
chimiste,
agrochimie,
biochimie,
histochimie,
microchimie,
carbochimie,
cosmochimie,
cristallochimie,
iatrochimie,
immunochimie,
magnétochimie,
métallochimie,
neurochimie,
photochimie,
physicochimie,
plastochimie,
psychochimie,
pétrolochimie,
sonochimie,
stéréochimie,
thermochimie,
zoochimie,
électrochimie,
astrochimie,
halochimie,
radiochimie,
pétrochimieDerivations in other languages
Romanian
chimieCognates
Dutch
chemie, English
chemistry, German
Chemie, Italian
chimica, Lithuanian
chemija, Norwegian
kjemi, Polish
chemia, Russian
химия, Swedish
kemi