Where does “caldera” come from?
caldera (Spanish) comes from Latin caldārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
caldera (Spanish): cauldron; boiler; caldera
Definitions
- cauldron; boiler; caldera
Ancestry of “caldera”, step by step
caldera traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin caldārium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | caldārium | warm bath |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Latin caldāria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | caldāria | warm bath |
| 2 | Latin | caldārius | Of, pertaining to or suitable for warmth or bathing |
| 3 | Latin | caldus | Syncopated but Classical form of calidus |
via Late Latin caldaria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | caldaria | warm bath; warm bath, cauldron; nominative... |