English Words from Arabic
alchemy
الكِيمِياء
al-kīmiyāʾ
A Greek word that Arabic gave its article, al-, before passing it to Europe.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the art of turning metals into gold
- Before Arabic
- Greek
- Arabic today says
- الكِيمِياء
The path between languagesal-kīmiyāʾ → alchemy
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