hurricane

(hur’i-kan), n. [First at the end of the 16th century; also written herocane (the word being still often pronounced as if spelled *herricane), and with a seeming Sp. term. hurricano, her rica no, hericano, hirecano (see hurricano), and sometimes furicano (simulating L. JSuria, fury), = D. orkaan (> Dan. Sw. orkan, G. orkan) = F. ouragan = It. wacano (and oragano, after the F.),