英语词汇volcano的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	volcano
词源	volcano n. 1610s, from Italian vulcano "burning mountain," from Latin Vulcanus "Vulcan," Roman god of fire, also "fire, flames, volcano" (see Vulcan). The name was first applied to Mt. Etna by the Romans, who believed it was the forge of Vulcan. Earlier form in English was volcan (1570s), from French. Entries linking to volcano Vulcan n. god of fire and metal-work in Roman mythology, 1510s, from Latin Vulcanus, Volcanus, according to Klein a word of Etruscan origin. Often with allusions to his lameness and the unfaithfulness of his wife, Venus. As the name of a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun, it is attested from 1860 in English (see intramercurial). The Roman feast of Vulcanalia was on Aug. 23. stratovolcano n. coined in German (von Seebach, 1866), from strato- + volcano. So called for its layered structure. Vulcan (n.)stratovolcano (n.)volcanic (adj.)volcanism (n.) updated on March 18, 2014
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