An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Alchimie

by Friedrich Kluge

Alchimie, feminine ‘alchemy,’ from late Middle High German alchemie, feminine, which is derived from the equivalent Romance cognates — Italian alchimia, French alchimie — the origin of which from Arabic al-kimîâ and the earlier Greek χυμός, ‘juice,’ is undoubted. Al- as the Arabic article is still seen in Alfali, Alforan, Alfade, Alhambra, Alkohol, Algebra. See Alkoven.