Etymology

ekaboron

E1K5A1B3O1R1O1N1

Today it means: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the predicted element (scandium) lying below boron in the periodic table Full definition →

English boron ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Englisheka-
  2. Middle Persian*bōrag
  3. Arabicبَوْرَق (bawraq)
  4. Medieval Latinborax
  5. Anglo-Normanboreis
  6. Middle Englishboras
  7. Englishborax
  8. Englishboro-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  10. Latincarbōnem
  11. Frenchcarbone
  12. Englishcarbonbf.
  13. Englishboron
  14. English todayekaboron

From eka- + boron.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.