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*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
- Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
- New Latintherapeuticus
- Middle Englishterapeucia
- Englishtherapeutic
- English todaychemotherapeutic
From chemo- + therapeutic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.