Where does “inferno” come from?
inferno (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian inferno, from Latin īnfernus.
inferno (Norwegian Nynorsk): an inferno
Ancestry of “inferno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | inferno | hellish, infernal; lower, inferior; hell |
| 2 | Latin | īnfernus | — |