Where does “volcanic” come from?
Volcanic is an English adjective derived from French volcanique, which combines French volcan with the Latin suffix -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival ending.
volcanic (English): Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes;...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes;...
Ancestry of “volcanic”, step by step
volcanic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French volcanique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | volcanique | volcanic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |
via English volcano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | volcano | A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface |
via Catalan volcà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | volcà | volcano |
Words derived from “volcanic”
- volcaniclastic
- volcanically
- metavolcanic
- subvolcanic
- volcanicity
- cryovolcanic
- nonvolcanic
- hydrovolcanic
- supervolcanic
- neovolcanic
- postvolcanic
- stratovolcanic
- unvolcanic
- transvolcanic
- hypervolcanic
- fluviovolcanic
- glaciovolcanic
- paleovolcanic
- tectovolcanic
- volcanic lightning
- volcanical
- nonvolcaniclastic
- cryovolcanically
- hypervolcanically