The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmīa
- Old Frenchalkimie
- Englishalchemy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishalchemical
- English todayunalchemical
From un- + alchemical.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.