Inferno
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mid 19th century: from Italian, from Christian Latin infernus (see infernal).
wiktionary
From Italian inferno(“hell”), from Latin infernus(“of the lower regions”), inferna(“the lower regions”); see infernal.
The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.
etymonline
inferno (n.)
1834, "Hell, the infernal regions," from Italian inferno, from Late Latin infernus "Hell," in classical Latin "the lower world" (see infernal). As "a large, raging fire" from 1928.
