Etymology

volcano

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Today it means: A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface. Full definition →

Italian vulcano ← Latin Vulcānus
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  1. Latin · derived fromVulcānus“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromvulcano
  3. English todayvolcano

From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.

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