Meanings
noungeochemistry (countable and uncountable, plural geochemistries)
plural geochemistries
- countableuncountablechemistryThe branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc.
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Englishgeo-
- 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
- Englishgeochemistry
From geo- + chemistry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan geoquímica
- geoquímicabranch of chemistry
Chinese Mandarin 地球化學 /地球化学
- 地球化學 /地球化学 (dìqiú huàxué)branch of chemistry
Danish geokemi
- geokemibranch of chemistry
Dutch geochemie
- geochemiebranch of chemistry
Esperanto geoĥemio, geokemio
- geoĥemiobranch of chemistry
- geokemiobranch of chemistry
Finnish geokemia
- geokemiabranch of chemistry
French géochimie
- géochimiebranch of chemistry
German Geochemie
- Geochemiebranch of chemistry
Irish geoiceimic
- geoiceimicbranch of chemistry
Italian geochimica
- geochimicabranch of chemistry
Norwegian Bokmål geokjemi
- geokjemibranch of chemistry
Polish geochemia
- geochemiabranch of chemistry
Portuguese geoquímica
- geoquímicabranch of chemistry
Romanian geochimie
- geochimiebranch of chemistry
Russian геохи́мия
- геохи́мия (geoxímija)branch of chemistry
Spanish geoquímica
- geoquímicabranch of chemistry
Swedish geokemi
- geokemibranch of chemistry
Cite this entry
APA
geochemistry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geochemistry
MLA
“geochemistry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geochemistry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geochemistry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geochemistry.
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