Etymology of the English word halocarbon
the English word
halocarbonderived from the English word
carbonderived from the French word
carbonederived from the Latin word
carbo (charcoal; glowing coal; pencil)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-using the English prefix
halo-derived from the Greek word
hals, ἅλς ('salt')
Usage
Word found in Modern English
