The story
- Latin · derived frominfernus“of the lower regions”
- Italian · borrowed frominferno“hell”
- English todayinferno
From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal. The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.