Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Alternative form of Etna (a stratovolcano in Sicily). · A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna. · An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity. · A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.
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