Etymology

carbonometer

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Today it means: An early device for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas, by bubbling it through limewater and measuring the cloudiness. 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 todaycarbonometer

From carbon + -o- + -meter.

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