chimico

/ˈki.mi.ko/ · B1 · adj

chemical

🧪 chimico = químico: Italian writes the ki sound as chi

Both come from the Arabic al-kīmiyā (alchemy). Italian spells the /k/ sound before i as ch: chi-mi-co. Swap the qu of químico for ch and you have the Italian word.

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