Where does “Aquarium” come from?

Aquarium (German) comes from Latin aquārium, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

Aquarium (German): aquarium

Definitions

  1. aquarium

Ancestry of “Aquarium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquārium—
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

Words derived from “Aquarium”

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