chēmeia (English spelling) chemeia

Japanese: chēmeia(英語表記)chemeia
chēmeia (English spelling) chemeia

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international organization that represents the chemical community.
[History of Chemistry]

[Ancient and Middle Ages]
There seems to be no disagreement that the word chemistry (English, German, French, chimie) originates from the Greek word chēmeia. However, there are various theories about what chēmeia originally meant.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "chēmeia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほかに各国化学会の連合組織である国際純正応用化学連合(IUPACと略称)があり,化学の世界における国際連合の役割を果たしている。
【化学の歴史】

[古代・中世]
 化学(英chemistry,独Chemie,仏chimie)という語の語源がギリシア語のchēmeiaであることに異論はないようである。しかしchēmeiaの本来の意味が何であったかに関しては種々の説がある。…

※「chēmeia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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