Etymology

aquabike

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Today it means: Synonym of jet ski. Full definition →

English bike ← French bicycle ← Late Latin cyclus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Middle Englishaqua
  5. Englishaqua-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  9. Proto-Italic*dwis
  10. Old Latinduis
  11. Latinbis
  12. Frenchbi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  15. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  17. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  18. Late Latincyclus
  19. Frenchcycle
  20. Frenchbicycle
  21. Englishbicycleclip.
  22. Englishbike
  23. English todayaquabike

From aqua- + bike.

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