Where does “aqueux” come from?

aqueux (French) comes from Latin aquosus, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aqueux (French): water, aqueous, aquatic

Definitions

  1. water, aqueous, aquatic

Ancestry of “aqueux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquosusabounding in water, well-watered, wet
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →