Where does “chabon” come from?

chabon (Haitian Creole) comes from French charbon, from Old French charbon, from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

chabon (Haitian Creole): coal

Definitions

  1. coal

Ancestry of “chabon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcharboncoal
2Old Frenchcharboncoal
3Latincarbōcharcoal, coal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →