carbohidrato

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?

Latin carbōnemlbor.

French carbonebor.

Spanish carbono

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)

Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor.

French hydr-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

French -ate

French hydratebor.

Spanish hidrato

Spanish carbohidrato

From carbono + hidrato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾboiˈdɾato/ [ˌkaɾ.β̞oi̯ˈð̞ɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: car‧bohi‧dra‧to

Noun

carbohidrato m (plural carbohidratos)

1. (biochemistry) carbohydrate

Further reading

• “carbohidrato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025