Where does “kaldera” come from?
kaldera (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish caldera, from Latin caldārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kaldera (Hiligaynon): kettle
Ancestry of “kaldera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | caldera | cauldron; boiler; caldera |
| 2 | Latin | caldārium | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |