The story
- Latin · derived fromcaldārium
- Late Latin · derived fromcaldāria“warm bath”
- Spanish · borrowed fromcaldera“cauldron”
- English todaycaldera
Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
Words from the same roots
Late Latincaldāria all →
cauldronchowder
Latincaldārium all →
caldarium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.