Latin

carbō

‘charcoal, coal’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin carbō.

8 English words in this record descend from Latin carbō, most familiar first.

• carbon ← carbone
• carbuncle ← carbunculus
• carbonado ← carbono ← carbone
• charbonnier ← carbōnārius
• carbuncular ← carbunculāris ← carbunculus
• carbohæmia
• carbonæmia
• escarbuncle ← carbuncle ← carbunculus

Etymograph / Latin carbō