Etymology

carbonate

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Today it means: Any salt or ester of carbonic acid. Full definition →

French carbonate
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carbonate · noun1

  1. French · derived fromcarbonate
  2. English todaycarbonate

From French carbonate, equivalent of carbon + -ate (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ic”).

carbonate · verb2

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

From carbon + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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