DictionaryRoot: khemeioa
Greek
khemeioa
alchemy
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noun
alchemist
AL-kuh-mist/ˈælkəmɪst/
A practitioner seeking extraordinary transformations through alchemy.
Etymology
The practitioner ending identifies someone engaged in alchemy, whose Greek name has an uncertain deeper origin. Such work combined practical chemistry and metallurgy with pursuits such as turning base metals into gold.