Where does “karbon” come from?
karbon (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
karbon (Norwegian Nynorsk): carbon
Ancestry of “karbon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | carbō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “karbon”