Where does “akvo” come from?

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

akvo (Esperanto): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “akvo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “akvo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →