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Geyser

3 stages from Icelandic to English.

Today it means a hot spring that periodically ejects a column of water and steam
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Stage 1 of 3
geysa
Icelandic · medieval
"to gush, rage"
meaning "to gush" or "rage"
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Stage 2 of 3
Geysir
Icelandic · medieval
"a specific erupting hot spring"
the proper name of a famous erupting hot spring in Iceland
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Stage 3 of 3
geyser
English · 1700s-1800s
"an erupting hot spring"
generalized to describe any similar hot spring
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