Etymology

boronic

B3O1R1O1N1I1C3

Today it means: Of or pertaining to the boronic acids or their derivatives Full definition →

English boron ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Middle Persian*bōrag
  2. Arabicبَوْرَق (bawraq)
  3. Medieval Latinborax
  4. Anglo-Normanboreis
  5. Middle Englishboras
  6. Englishborax
  7. Englishboro-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  9. Latincarbōnem
  10. Frenchcarbone
  11. Englishcarbonbf.
  12. Englishboron
  13. English todayboronic

From boron + -ic.

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