Where does “enxagual” come from?

enxagual (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese eixaguar, from Vulgar Latin *exaquāre, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

enxagual (Fala): to rinse

Definitions

  1. to rinse

Ancestry of “enxagual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseeixaguar—
2Vulgar Latin*exaquāre—
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →