Where does “pozzolan” come from?
pozzolan (English) comes from Italian pozzolana, from Italian Pozzuoli, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
pozzolan (English): Any material which, when combined with calcium...
Definitions
- Any material which, when combined with calcium...
Ancestry of “pozzolan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | pozzolana | pozzolana; pozzolan |
| 2 | Italian | Pozzuoli | — |
| 3 | Italian | -ana | -an, -y |
| 4 | Spanish | -ana | feminine singular of -ano |
| 5 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |