Etymology

silico-

Today it means: silicon, silicone Full definition →

English silicon ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Latinsilex
  2. New Latinsilicium
  3. Englishsilicium
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  5. Latincarbōnem
  6. Frenchcarbone
  7. Englishcarbonbf.
  8. Englishsilicon
  9. English todaysilico-

From silicon + -o-.

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