Meanings
plural pozzolanas · alternative pozzuolana · alternative puzzolana · alternative puzzolano
- countableuncountableA type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.First known use 17th c.
Finally the street is strewn with pozzolana to prevent the horses from slipping on the smooth paving.
1962, WH Auden; Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 450
Origin
- LatinPuteoli
- Italianpozz(u)olana
- Englishpozzolana
Borrowed from Italian pozz(u)olana, earth of Pozzuoli, a town near Naples, itself from Latin Puteoli, ultimately from the verb puteō (“stink”).
More words from Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto pucolano
- pucolanotype of volcanic ash
Finnish potsolaani
- potsolaanitype of volcanic ash
Italian pozzolana
- pozzolanatype of volcanic ash
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