Where does “aguacero” come from?

aguacero (Spanish) comes from Spanish aguaza, from Vulgar Latin *aquacea, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aguacero (Spanish): downpour

Definitions

  1. downpour

Ancestry of “aguacero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaguazafluid from a tumor
2Vulgar Latin*aquacea
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

Words derived from “aguacero

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂Every word from Proto-Italic akʷāEvery word from Latin aqua