Where does “aquarellist” come from?
aquarellist (English) comes from English aquarelle, from French aquarelle, from Italian acquarella, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.
aquarellist (English): An artist who paints aquarelles
Definitions
- An artist who paints aquarelles
Ancestry of “aquarellist”, step by step
aquarellist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aquarelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aquarelle | A watercolour; A printed picture coloured by the... |
| 2 | French | aquarelle | aquarelle, watercolour; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | acquarella | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Italian | acqua | water; lane; inflection of acquare: ##... |
| 5 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |