Where does “sciacquare” come from?

sciacquare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *exaquāre, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

sciacquare (Italian): to rinse

Definitions

  1. to rinse

Ancestry of “sciacquare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*exaquāre—
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

Words derived from “sciacquare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →