Etymology

carbonation

C3A1R1B3O1N1A1T1I1O1N1

Today it means: The state of having carbon dioxide gas dissolved in a liquid; the act or process of creating that state. Full definition →

English carbonate ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

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

From carbonate + -ion.

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