Etymology

ewer

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Today it means: A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water. Full definition →

Middle English ewer ← Old French ewer ← Latin aquārium
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  1. Latin · derived fromaquārium
  2. Old French · derived fromewer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromewer
  4. English todayewer

From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium.

Words from the same roots

Latinaquārium all →

aquarium

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