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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
carbo-

before vowels carb-, comb. form meaning "Carbon," abstracted 1810 from carbon.

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carbo-

alt. (context chemistry English) carbon pre. (context chemistry English) carbon

Usage examples of "carbo-".

Gnaeus Papirius Carbo- twice consul of Rome and now governor of Italian Gaul- should put himself, his eight legions and his cavalry into camp on the fringes of Ariminum.

Philippus took everything I had and gave it to Cinna and Carbo- and Sulla has not given it back.