Etymology

supervolcano

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Today it means: A powerful volcano, often having an explosive or cataclysmic eruption. Full definition →

English volcano ← Italian vulcano ← Latin Vulcānu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. LatinVulcānu
  8. ItalianVulcano
  9. Italianvulcano
  10. Englishvolcano
  11. English todaysupervolcano

From super- + volcano.

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