The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmia
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
- New Latinchēmīa
- Englishchemo-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Old Frenchmecanique
- Middle Englishmechanic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Middle Englishmechanical
- Englishmechanical
- English todaychemomechanical
From chemo- + mechanical.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.