Where does “lava” come from?
Lava comes from Italian lava, originally meaning the flowing of molten rock from a volcano.
lava (English): The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its...
Definitions
- The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its...
Ancestry of “lava”, step by step
lava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 3 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 4 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 5 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 6 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 7 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via Sanskrit लव
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | लव | {{w|Lava }} |