English

hypervolcano

From hyper- + volcano.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin Vulcānus ‘Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking’

Italian vulcano ‘a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea’

Today it means

noun Synonym of supervolcano.

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

Etymograph / hypervolcano