Where does “aigua” come from?
aigua (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan aigua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.
aigua (Catalan): water
Ancestry of “aigua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | aigua | water |
| 2 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |
Words derived from “aigua”