English

lavafall

From lava + fall on the pattern of waterfall.

A compound of lava + fall

Neapolitan or Sicilian lava

English lava

Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’

Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’

Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’

Old English feallan ‘to fall’

Middle English fallen ‘to fall’

English fall

Today it means

noun A cascade of lava down a slope or cliff.

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

Etymograph / lavafall