Chemistry

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First coined 1605, from chemist +‎ -ry. From chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء‎ (al-kīmiyāʾ), from article اَل‎ (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία(khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα(khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός(khumós, “juice”), from χέω(khéō, “I pour”).

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chemistry (n.)

c. 1600, "alchemy," from chemist + -ry; also see chemical (adj.). The meaning "natural physical process" is from 1640s; the sense of "scientific study of the composition of material things and the changes they undergo" is by 1788. The figurative sense of "instinctual attraction or affinity" is attested slightly earlier, from the alchemical sense.