The first appearance of the word chemistry in French

The first use of the word chemistry in French, in its modern sense, is found in the translation of a work by Conrad Gesner carried out by Barthélemy Aneau. At that time, chemistry and alchemy were not subject to any distinction and were used interchangeably. This ambiguity persisted until the second half of the 17th century, a period when the term chemistry was adopted in medicine to break free from gold-making practices.