Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “aquatique” come from?

aquatique (Middle French) comes from Latin aquaticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

aquatique (Middle French): living in water

Definitions

  1. living in water

Ancestry of “aquatique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquaticuswater; aquatic; rainy; watery
2Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “aquatique”

  • aquatic
  • semiaquatic
  • subaquatic
  • nonaquatic
  • aquatically
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →