Where does “acquerello” come from?
acquerello (Italian) comes from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.
acquerello (Italian): watercolor, watercolour; first-person singular...
Definitions
- watercolor, watercolour; first-person singular...
Ancestry of “acquerello”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | acqua | water; lane; inflection of acquare:
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| 2 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |
Words derived from “acquerello”