Where does “megacaldera” come from?
megacaldera (English) comes from English caldera, from Spanish caldera, from Latin caldārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
megacaldera (English): The caldera of a supervolcano
Definitions
- The caldera of a supervolcano
Ancestry of “megacaldera”, step by step
megacaldera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caldera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caldera | A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or... |
| 2 | Spanish | caldera | cauldron; boiler; caldera |
| 3 | Latin | caldārium | warm bath |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |