Etymology

percarbonate

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Today it means: Any of a family of perhydrates of carbonate compounds. Full definition →

English carbonate ← Latin per- ← Proto-Italic *per
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Latinper-
  6. Englishper-
  7. Englishcarbonate
  8. English todaypercarbonate

From per- + carbonate.

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