Etymology

biochemistry

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Today it means: The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism; the study of such chemistry. Full definition →

English chemistry ← French chimiste ← Middle French chymie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  6. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  7. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  8. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  9. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  10. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  11. New Latinchimia
  12. Middle Frenchchymie
  13. Frenchchimie
  14. Frenchchimiste
  15. Englishchemist
  16. Englishchemistry
  17. English todaybiochemistry

From bio- + chemistry.

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