Etymology

neurochemistry

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Today it means: The branch of neuroscience concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system Full definition →

English chemistry ← French chimiste ← Middle French chymie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  7. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  8. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  9. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  10. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  11. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  12. New Latinchimia
  13. Middle Frenchchymie
  14. Frenchchimie
  15. Frenchchimiste
  16. Englishchemist
  17. Englishchemistry
  18. English todayneurochemistry

From neuro- + chemistry.

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