Where does “akvarelisto” come from?
akvarelisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto akvarelo, from Russian акваре́ль, from French aquarelle, from Italian acquarella, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.
akvarelisto (Esperanto): watercolourist
Definitions
- watercolourist
Ancestry of “akvarelisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | akvarelo | watercolor (US), watercolour (UK) |
| 2 | Russian | акваре́ль | watercolour/watercolor (a painting technique, paint or painting) |
| 3 | French | aquarelle | aquarelle, watercolour; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | acquarella | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | acqua | water; lane; inflection of acquare: ##... |
| 6 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |