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English word origin

Etymology of Etna

From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Any of several kind of spirit burners, lamps or stoves, especially portable; (later chiefly in attributive use).

name

An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania. · A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. · A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Norwegian Etna, from Old Norse *Etn or *Ǫtn; see Norwegian Bokmål Etna.

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  • Borrowed-form mentionEtnano
  • Derivation mention*Etnnon
  • Cognate mentionEtnanb
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
name

A female given name from Irish.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne, from Middle Irish Eithne, from Old Irish Eithne.

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