etna
1 synonym for etna, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Name — An active stratovolcano found on Sicily's east coast, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
Synonyms
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Etymology
Comes from Latin Aetna, perhaps by way of Italian Etna. This traces to either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or to a Sicanian-dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”) — all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). It's a doublet of Aetna.
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