Etymograph

English

Vulcanian

Vulcanian comes from Latin Vulcānus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVulcānus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEVulcāniānus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1598Vulcanian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVulcānus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEVulcāniānus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1598Vulcanian

Earliest quotation: 1598, John Marston, Certaine Satyres: “Yet Muto, like a good Vulcanian, An honest Cuckold,…”

Formed from Vulcan + -ian

Classical Latin Vulcānus

Old English Ulcanus

Middle English Vulcan

English Vulcan

Linked words

through Latin Vulcānus

volcano, volcanic, volcanism, 4 more

Today it means

adj Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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