Where does “volcano” come from?

Volcano comes from French volcan, from Latin Vulcanus, from Etruscan Velchans, a deity associated with fire and metalworking.

volcano (English): 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

Definitions

  1. 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

Ancestry of “volcano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvulcanovolcano
2LatinVulcānusVulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods
3Ancient GreekὀδώνIonic form of ὀδούς

Words derived from “volcano”

Every word from Ancient Greek ὀδών →Every word from Latin Vulcānus →Every word from Italian vulcano →