Etymology

aquarelle

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Today it means: A watercolour (painting) Full definition →

French aquarelle ← Italian acquarella
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromacquarella“watercolour”
  2. French · borrowed fromaquarelle
  3. English todayaquarelle

Unadapted borrowing from French aquarelle, from obsolete Italian acquarella (“watercolour”) (later acquarello and acquerello).

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