químico
/ˈkimiko/ · B1 · adj
chemical
🧪⚗️ químico comes from alquimia: chemistry grew out of alchemy
Arabic al-kīmiyā gave Spanish alquimia. Drop the al- and you have química, chemistry, and químico, chemical or chemist. Say it KEE-mee-ko: the qu sounds like k, and the stress falls on the first syllable.