Where does “carbono” come from?
carbono (Italian) comes from Italian carbonare, from Italian carbone, from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
carbono (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “carbono”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | carbonare | feminine plural of carbonaro; plural of... |
| 2 | Italian | carbone | coal; charcoal |
| 3 | Latin | carbō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |