Where does “Akvisto” come from?

Akvisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto akvo, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

Akvisto (Esperanto): Aquarius constellation

Definitions

  1. Aquarius constellation

Ancestry of “Akvisto”, step by step

Akvisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto akvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoakvowater
2Italianacquawater; lane; inflection of acquare: ##...
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

via Latin aquārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquārius—
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →