lava的词源

英文词源

lava (n.)

1750, from Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrian dialect) lava "torrent, stream," traditionally from Latin lavare "to wash" (see lave). Originally applied in Italian to flash flood rivulets after downpours, then to streams of molten rock from Vesuvius. Alternative etymology is from Latin labes "a fall," from labi "to fall." Lava lamp is attested from 1965, also lava light (reg. U.S., 1968, as Lava Lite).

中文词源

lava：岩浆，熔岩

来自PIE*leu,冲洗，涌出，词源同lavatory,dilute,antediluvian.用于指岩浆。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：lava 词源，lava 含义。

lava：(火山喷发的)熔岩；熔岩冷凝后的)火山岩

来源于拉丁语lav.are(洗)在意大利语中派生的lava,原始意义是“暴雨引起的溪流”,后来指维苏威火山的岩浆流。

词根词缀： -lav-洗 + -a