Where does “fumarole” come from?
fumarole (English) comes from Italian fumarola, from Neapolitan fumarola, from Latin fūmāriolum, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fumarole (English): An opening in the ground that emits steam and...
Definitions
- An opening in the ground that emits steam and...
Ancestry of “fumarole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fumarola | fumarole; smoker |
| 2 | Neapolitan | fumarola | — |
| 3 | Latin | fūmāriolum | a smokehole |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |