Where does “carbón” come from?

carbón (Spanish) comes from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

carbón (Spanish): coal; charcoal

Definitions

  1. coal; charcoal

Ancestry of “carbón”, step by step

carbón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin carbō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarbōcharcoal, coal
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Latin carbōnem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarbōnem—
2Indo-European*ker—

Words derived from “carbón”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →