Where the Romanian word “carbon” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Din fr. carbone, lat. carbo, -onis. → French · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French carbone ← Latin carbō ← Proto-Indo-European ker-

In film dialogue

8.9 times per million words · number 4,384 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

58 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.9

Swap in a synonym

indigo (French)

The same Latin word, entering Romanian twice

carbo → cărbune

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