Etymology

carbo-

Today it means: Carbon, carbonic, carbonyl, carbonylic, carboxyl or carboxylic. Full definition →

English carbon ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  2. Latincarbōnem
  3. Frenchcarbone
  4. Englishcarbon
  5. English todaycarbo-

Combining form of carbon.

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