Where does “aquovortico” come from?

aquovortico (Ido) comes from Ido aquo, from Esperanto akvo, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aquovortico (Ido): whirlpool

Definitions

  1. whirlpool

Ancestry of “aquovortico”, step by step

aquovortico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido aquo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoaquowater
2Esperantoakvowater
3Italianacquawater; lane; inflection of acquare: ##...
4Latinaquawater
5Proto-Italicakʷāwater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

via Ido vortico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idovorticowhirling, vortex
2Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
3Latinvortō—
4Proto-Italicwertōto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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