Name Alchemy
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English (Modern, Rare)
Other Forms FormsAlcamy
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Meaning & History
From the English noun alchemy referring to "the causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation" or "the ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry", which ultimately comes from Greek χυμεία (chymeia) "art of alloying metals, alchemy" via Arabic al-kimiya (the source also of Persian Kimiya).