Etymology

aqua-

Today it means: water Full definition →

Middle English aqua ← Latin aqua ← Proto-Italic *akʷā
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Middle Englishaqua
  5. English todayaqua-

From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishaqua all →

aqua

Latinaqua all →

aquaeauaqueousaquamanileaquaphiliaaquatoneterraqueous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.