Etymograph

English

hornito

Hornito comes from Spanish horno ‘oven’, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥nós ‘something warm’, and ultimately from *gʷʰer-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘to be warm’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰr̥nós‘something warm’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*xʷornosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fornosreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornus
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurnus‘oven’
  7. Old Spanishc. 950–1500forno
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presenthorno‘oven’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1832hornito

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘to be warm’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰr̥nós‘something warm’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*xʷornosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fornosreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornus
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurnus‘oven’
  7. Old Spanishc. 950–1500forno
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presenthorno‘oven’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1832hornito

Earliest quotation: 1832, The travels and researches of Alexander : “When Humboldt visited this place, the natives assured him…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

warm, thermal, gore, gory, thermos, forceps, garlick, 17 more

through Latin fornus

furnace, 2 more

Today it means

noun A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- / hornito

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