It bugs me that locals use the word “volcano” in this story yet The Fires of Pompeii states that people coined the word after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. So I did a quick search, which didn’t clear things up…
So, the ancient Greeks used the word etna for volcano. And Online Etymology Dictionary states that volcano was used for Mt. Etna by the Romans.
And, there’s this post (By any other name: the story of the word ‘volcano’ | VolcanoCafe) that dated the earliest use of the word “volcano” in Latin in 13th century.
I’m so confused.