Etymology

oxocarbon

O1X8O1C3A1R1B3O1N1

Today it means: Any organic compound containing only atoms of carbon and oxygen Full definition →

English carbon ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  5. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  6. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  7. Frenchoxygène
  8. Englishoxygen
  9. Englishoxo-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  11. Latincarbōnem
  12. Frenchcarbone
  13. Englishcarbon
  14. English todayoxocarbon

From oxo- + carbon.

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