Etymology of the French word carbonate
the French word
carbonatederived from the French word
carbonederived from the Latin word
carbo (charcoal; glowing coal; pencil)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-Date
The earliest known usage of carbonate in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in French
carbonaté,
bicarbonate,
chlorocarbonate,
hydrocarbonate,
sulfocarbonate,
carbonater,
décarbonaterDerivations in other languages
English
carbonate, Romanian
carbonat
