Etymology

noncarbon

N1O1N1C3A1R1B3O1N1

Today it means: Not carbon or carbon-based; often used to refer to energy sources which do no generate carbon dioxide Full definition →

English carbon ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

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

From non- + carbon.

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