Etymology

aquacise

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Today it means: A type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water. Full definition →

English exercise ← Middle English exercise ← Old French exercise
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Latinaquāticus
  5. Middle Frenchaquatique
  6. Englishaquatic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erk-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂orkéyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*arkeō
  15. Latinarceō
  16. Latinexerceō
  17. Latinexercitium
  18. Old Frenchexercise
  19. Middle Englishexercise
  20. Englishexercise
  21. English todayaquacise

Blend of aquatic + exercise.

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