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

caverna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian caverna

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

via Latin cavus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincavushollow, concave; excavated, channeled;...
2Proto-Italickawos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱowh₁óshollow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewh₁-to swell; to be strong

Words derived from “caverna”

Every word from Old French caverne →