carbo

Meaning

charcoal, coal

Concepts

charcoal

coal

carbon

Translations

charbon

carvão

κάρβουνο

Kohle

carbó

carbón

kömür

kool

carbone

γαιάνθρακας

carbonella

فحم

Holzkohle

houille

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkar.boː]

Etymology

Unsure. The status of Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat”, “fire”, also “to burn”) is uncertain. Probably related to Old English heorþ (“hearth”), Old Norse hyrr (“fire”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”), Old High German harsta (“roasting”), Russian курить (kuritʹ, “to smoke, burn, fumigate”) and церен (ceren, “brazier”), Old Church Slavonic курити (kuriti, “to smoke”) and крада (krada, “hearth, fireplace”), Lithuanian kurti̇̀ (“to heat”), karštas (“hot”) and krosnis (“oven”), Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, “burnt, black”) and कूडयति (kūḍayati, “singes”), and maybe Latin cremāre (“to burn”).