Where does “Vulcanic” come from?
Vulcanic (English) comes from French volcanique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.
Vulcanic (English): Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Roman god...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Roman god...
Ancestry of “Vulcanic”, step by step
Vulcanic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French volcanique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | volcanique | volcanic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |
via Italian vulcanico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vulcanico | volcanic |
| 2 | Portuguese | -iço | ic; -ical of or relating to [the suffixed noun] |
| 3 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |