The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmīa
- Old Frenchalkimie
- Englishalchemy
- Englishgene
- English todayalgeny
Coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg in 1966, a blend of alchemy + gene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.