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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

carbon XVIII. — F. carbone, f. L. carbō, -ōn- (char)coal.
So carbonate XVIII; see -ATE 1. Hence carbonaceous XVIII, carbonic XVIII.

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