Where does “aguapanela” come from?

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

aguapanela (Spanish): a drink native to southern Central America and northern South America made with panela, an unrefined sugar product

Definitions

  1. a drink native to southern Central America and northern South America made with panela, an unrefined sugar product

Ancestry of “aguapanela”, step by step

aguapanela 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 panela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpanelapanela solid piece of unrefined sugar
2SpanishPANbread
3Old Spanishpanbread
4Latinpānisbread, loaf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂Every word from Proto-Italic akʷāEvery word from Latin aqua