Etymology of the French word carbure
the French word
carburederived from the French word
carbonederived from the Latin word
carbo (charcoal; glowing coal; pencil)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-using the French suffix
-ureusing the Italian suffix
-ureDate
The earliest known usage of carbure in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in French
carburer,
carburé,
bicarbure,
fluocarbure,
fluorocarbure,
hydrocarbure,
décarburerDerivations in other languages
English
carburet, Italian
carburo, Romanian
carbură
