The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία“love, affection”
- Latin · derived fromaqua“water”
- English todayaquaphilia
From aqua- + -philia, from Latin aqua (“water”) + Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”). Literally: “love of water”.
Words from the same roots
Latinaqua all →
aquaeauaqueousaqua-aquamanileaquatoneterraqueous
Ancient Greekφιλία all →
philiataphophiliaamaurophiliaautagonistophilialudophilia-philia-philyturriphileturriphilia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.