charbon
French
noun
Definitions
- coal
- anthrax
- smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago
Etymology
Inherited from Old French charbon inherited from Latin carbōnem, carbō (coal, charcoal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ker (burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ker
Gloss
burn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- charbon English
- charbonnier English
- carbo, carbōnem, carbō Latin
- carbōnem Latin
- carbōnem, carbō Latin
- carbōnārius Latin
- cremāre Latin
- carbone Italian
- carbone French
- charbonnage French
- charbonnerie French
- charbonneux French
- charbonnier French
- *ker Proto-Indo-European
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- charbon Old French
- tcherbaon Norman
- tchèrbon Norman
- cjarbon Friulian
- cjarvon Friulian