Where does “caldera” come from?
Caldera comes from Spanish caldera, derived from Late Latin caldaria, a feminine form of caldarius meaning hot, itself from Latin caldus and the suffix -arius, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- meaning to warm.
caldera (English): A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or...
Definitions
- A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or...
Ancestry of “caldera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | caldera | cauldron; boiler; caldera |
| 2 | Latin | caldārium | warm bath |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |