Where does “Aquarius” come from?

Aquarius derives from Latin aquarius, an agent noun formed with the suffix -arius from Latin aqua, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ meaning water.

Aquarius (English): Someone with an Aquarius star sign

Definitions

  1. Someone with an Aquarius star sign

Ancestry of “Aquarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquārius—
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

Words derived from “Aquarius”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →