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Where does “caverna” come from?

caverna (Latin) comes from Italian caverna, from French caverne, from English cavern, from Middle English caverne, from Middle French caverne, from Old French caverne.

caverna (Latin): cave, cavern, grotto; vault, chamber, cleft; hold

Definitions

  1. cave, cavern, grotto; vault, chamber, cleft; hold

Ancestry of “caverna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancavernacave, cavern
2Frenchcavernecavern
3EnglishcavernA large cave; An underground chamber; To form a...
4Middle Englishcaverne—
5Middle Frenchcavernecavern
6Old Frenchcaverne—

Words derived from “caverna”

  • cavern
  • cavernous
  • caverned
  • intracavernous
  • cavernoma
  • cavernously
  • cavernlike
  • cavernicolous
  • intercavernous
  • paracavernous
  • extracavernous
  • incaverned
  • cavernosus
  • cavernatim
  • cavernicolus
  • caverno
  • cavernans
  • cavernoso
  • cavernícola
  • caverna
  • caverna
  • cavernosamente
  • cavernosità
  • intracavernoso
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