Meanings
nouncosmochemistry (uncountable)
- uncountableThe branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and reactions of simple molecules in interstellar space.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱem-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱens-
- Proto-Hellenic*kónsmos
- Ancient Greekκόσμος (kósmos)
- Englishcosmo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmia
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
- New Latinchimia
- Middle Frenchchymie
- Frenchchimie
- Frenchchimiste
- Englishchemist
- Englishchemistry
- Englishcosmochemistry
From cosmo- + chemistry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan cosmoquímica
- cosmoquímicabranch of chemistry
French cosmochimie
- cosmochimiebranch of chemistry
German Kosmochemie
- Kosmochemiebranch of chemistry
Hungarian kozmokémia
- kozmokémiabranch of chemistry
Italian cosmochimica
- cosmochimicabranch of chemistry
Persian کیهانشیمی
- کیهانشیمی (keyhân-šimi)branch of chemistry
Polish astrochemia, kosmochemia
- astrochemiabranch of chemistry
- kosmochemiabranch of chemistry
Portuguese cosmoquímica
- cosmoquímicabranch of chemistry
Spanish cosmoquímica
- cosmoquímicabranch of chemistry
Cite this entry
APA
cosmochemistry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmochemistry
MLA
“cosmochemistry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmochemistry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cosmochemistry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmochemistry.
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