Etymology

carbonatite

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Today it means: Any intrusive igneous rock having a majority of carbonate minerals 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 todaycarbonatite

From carbonate + -ite.

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