Etymology

volcanist

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Today it means: Someone interested in volcanism and volcanology the study of volcanoes. Full definition →

English volcano ← Italian vulcano ← Latin Vulcānu
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The story

  1. LatinVulcānu
  2. ItalianVulcano
  3. Italianvulcano
  4. Englishvolcano
  5. English todayvolcanist

From volcano + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.