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Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- 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 alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English chemical English geochemical From geo- + chemical.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to geochemistry.
Geochemical tests also showed that a patch of reddened clay had been heated to temperatures of over 700C (1292F) with repeated fire-use in the same location of the site.
2025 December 10, Hannah Devlin, “Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Antonyms
Deriveds
geochemical prospecting · geochemical cycle · geochemical anomaly · geochemical evolution · geochemically · geochemical well logging · geochemical balance
Hyponyms
lithogeochemical · hydrogeochemical · palaeogeochemical · biogeochemical · pedogeochemical