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Where does “aiguière” come from?

aiguière (French) comes from Old Occitan aiguiera, from Vulgar Latin aquaria, from Latin aquārius, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aiguière (French): ewer

Definitions

  1. ewer

Ancestry of “aiguière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanaiguiera—
2Vulgar Latinaquarianominative feminine singular of aquārius;...
3Latinaquārius—
4Latinaquawater
5Proto-Italicakʷāwater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
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