Where does “ewer” come from?

ewer (Middle English) comes from Old French ewer, from Latin aquārium, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

ewer (Middle English): ewer

Definitions

  1. ewer

Ancestry of “ewer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchewerewer
2Latinaquārium—
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

Words derived from “ewer”

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