carbonize

C2 Topic:Environment & Ecology

US /ˈkɑɹ.bən.aɪz/ UK /ˈkɑːbən.aɪz/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #299450

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To turn something into carbon by heating it, leaving it scorched or blackened.

The intense fire carbonized the wooden beams.

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1 verb · to turn something into... char carburize

Word family

Derived forms carbonizablecarbonizationcarbonizerdecarbonizationdecarbonizerecarbonize

Related forms pyrolyse

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carbonize From carbon + -ize.

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Environment & Ecology Word Formation & Derivatives

# carbonize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈkɑɹ.bən.aɪz
**IPA (UK):** ˈkɑːbən.aɪz
**Frequency rank:** 299450

## Meanings
1. To turn something into carbon by heating it, leaving it scorched or blackened.

## Examples
- The intense fire carbonized the wooden beams.

## Derived Forms
- carbonizable
- carbonization
- carbonizer
- decarbonization
- decarbonize
- recarbonize

## Related Forms
- pyrolyse

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carbonize From carbon + -ize.

## AI Etymology
Carbonize is recorded in late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carbonize From carbon + -ize. The historical chain records Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-, Latin carbō, French carbone, English carbon, Proto-Indo-European *-id-, Proto-Indo-European *-yéti, Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti, Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō, and Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include to turn something into carbon by heating it, leaving it scorched or blackened. The wider family includes derived forms such as carbonizable, carbonization, carbonizer, decarbonization, and decarbonize; related words such as pyrolyse.

## Topics
- Environment & Ecology
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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