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Where does “vòlkan” come from?

vòlkan (Haitian Creole) comes from French volcan, from Spanish volcán, from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcānus, from Ancient Greek ὀδών — Ionic form of ὀδούς.

vòlkan (Haitian Creole): volcano

Definitions

  1. volcano

Ancestry of “vòlkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvolcanvolcano
2Spanishvolcánvolcano
3Italianvulcanovolcano
4LatinVulcānus—
5Ancient GreekὀδώνIonic form of ὀδούς
Every word from Ancient Greek ὀδών →