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alchemist noun al·che·mist | ˈal-kə-mist Alchemist: Someone Who Transforms Things for the Better The long route to English for alchemist began with the Greek word chēmeia,
which probably came from the word chyma (“fluid”), derived from the verb chein,
meaning “to pour.” It then passed to Arabic, which added its definite article
al- (“the”) to the Greek root. The word then passed from Latin to French before
coming to English. Some other words derived from Arabic also retain the al- in
English, such as algebra, algorithm, and alcohol; in fact, the
transformative liquid that was constantly being sought through experimentation
by alchemists is another word with the Arabic al- prefix elixir.