Etymology

carbonic

car·bon·ic
C3A1R1B3O1N1I1C3

Today it means: Of or relating to carbon. 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 todaycarbonic

From carbon + -ic.

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