Where does “aqua vītae” come from?

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

aqua vītae (Latin): liquor, distilled alcohol

Definitions

  1. liquor, distilled alcohol

Ancestry of “aqua vītae”, step by step

aqua vītae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin aqua

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

via Latin vītae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvītae—

Words derived from “aqua vītae”

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