Etymology of the English word cavern
the English word
cavernderived from the Old French word
cavernederived from the Latin word
caverna (a hollow or cave; aperture; orifice; interior; hollow, grotto, cavern)
derived from the Latin word
cavus (hollow or cave; hole, cavity, depression; hollow, excavated, hollowed out; sunken; deep, having deep channel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*keuə-Date
The earliest known usage of cavern in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
klavern,
cavernicolousCognates
Dutch
caverne, French
caverne, German
Kaverne, Italian
caverna, Latin
caverna, Lithuanian
kaverna, Norwegian
kaverne, Provençal
caverna, Russian
кaвернa, Spanish
caverna, Swedish
kavernUsage
Word found in Modern English
