Where does “carbondioxid” come from?

carbondioxid (Danish) comes from Danish carbon — carbon.

carbondioxid (Danish): carbon dioxide

Definitions

  1. carbon dioxide

Ancestry of “carbondioxid”, step by step

carbondioxid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish carbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishcarboncarbon

via Danish oxid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishoxid
Every word from Danish carbon
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