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alchemical

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *-mə
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.
Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.
Medieval Latin alchēmīalbor.
Old French alkimieder.
English alchemy
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
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Latin -icusbor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English alchemical

    From alchemy + -ical.

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    alchemical (not comparable)

    1. (alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
      • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 5 April 2017:
        [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
    2. Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
    3. Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.

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