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infernus
Latin · ancient
"the underworld"
meaning "of the lower regions", the underworld
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inferno
Italian · medieval
"hell"
named in Dante's poem describing the depths of Hell
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inferno
English · 1800s
"a large, raging fire"
adopted directly from Italian for a raging fire
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