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Where does “aquareller” come from?

aquareller (French) comes from French aquarelle, from Italian acquarella, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aquareller (French): To paint in watercolour

Definitions

  1. To paint in watercolour

Ancestry of “aquareller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaquarelleaquarelle, watercolour; first-person singular...
2Italianacquarellathird-person singular present indicative of...
3Italianacquawater; lane; inflection of acquare: ##...
4Latinaquawater
5Proto-Italicakʷāwater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
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