Where does “volcà” come from?

volcà (Catalan) comes from Spanish volcán, from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcānus, from Ancient Greek ὀδών — Ionic form of ὀδούς.

volcà (Catalan): volcano

Definitions

  1. volcano

Ancestry of “volcà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvolcánvolcano
2Italianvulcanovolcano
3LatinVulcānusVulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods
4Ancient GreekὀδώνIonic form of ὀδούς

Words derived from “volcà”

Every word from Ancient Greek ὀδών →Every word from Latin Vulcānus →Every word from Italian vulcano →