Editing Chemistry (section)

==Etymology==
{{Main|Etymology of chemistry}}

The word ''[[Chemistry (word)|chemistry]]'' comes from a modification during the [[Renaissance]] of the word ''[[alchemy]],'' which referred to an earlier set of practices that encompassed elements of chemistry, [[metallurgy]], [[philosophy]], [[astrology]], [[astronomy]], [[mysticism]], and [[medicine]]. Alchemy is often associated with the quest to turn lead or other base metals into gold, though [[alchemists]] were also interested in many of the questions of modern chemistry.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ihde |first=Aaron J. |title=The development of modern chemistry |date=1984 |publisher=Dover |isbn=978-0-486-64235-2 |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newman |first=William R. |date=2011 |title=What Have We Learned from the Recent Historiography of Alchemy? |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/660140 |journal=Isis |language=en |volume=102 |issue=2 |pages=313–321 |doi=10.1086/660140 |pmid=21874691 |issn=0021-1753}}</ref>

The modern word ''alchemy'' in turn is derived from the [[Arabic]] word {{transliteration|ar|al-kīmīā}} ({{lang|ar|الكیمیاء}}). This may have [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] origins since {{transliteration|ar|al-kīmīā}} is derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|χημία}}, which is in turn derived from the word {{lang|egy|[[Name of Egypt|Kemet]]}}, which is the ancient name of Egypt in the Egyptian language.<ref name="oed">"alchemy", entry in ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner, vol. 1, 2nd ed., 1989, {{ISBN|0-19-861213-3}}.</ref> Alternately, {{transliteration|ar|al-kīmīā}} may derive from {{lang|grc|χημεία}} 'cast together'.<ref>Weekley, Ernest (1967). Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. New York: Dover Publications. {{ISBN|0-486-21873-2}}.</ref>