Where does “vòlkan” come from?

vòlkan (Antillean Creole) comes from French volcan, from Spanish volcán, from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcānus, from Ancient Greek ὀδών — Ionic form of ὀδούς.

vòlkan (Antillean Creole): volcano

Definitions

  1. volcano

Ancestry of “vòlkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvolcanvolcano
2Spanishvolcánvolcano
3Italianvulcanovolcano
4LatinVulcānusVulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods
5Ancient GreekὀδώνIonic form of ὀδούς
Every word from Ancient Greek ὀδών →Every word from Latin Vulcānus →Every word from Italian vulcano →