Where does “acquanauta” come from?

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

acquanauta (Italian): aquanaut

Definitions

  1. aquanaut

Ancestry of “acquanauta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianacquawater; lane; inflection of acquare: ##...
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →