Where does “agua de jamaica” come from?

agua de jamaica (Spanish) comes from Spanish agua, from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

agua de jamaica (Spanish): A tisane made from the roselle sepals; hibiscus...

Definitions

  1. A tisane made from the roselle sepals; hibiscus...

Ancestry of “agua de jamaica”, step by step

agua de jamaica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish agua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaguawater; body of water; rain
2Old Spanishaguawater
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

via Spanish jamaica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishjamaicaroselle
2TaínoXaymacaland of wood and water

Words derived from “agua de jamaica”

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