aqua

Concepts

water

🚰

liquid

running

🏃

water body

body of water

flowing water

foul water

H2O

drinking water

wæter

Synonyms

liquor

aqva

amnis

Translations

agua

🚰

Wasser

🚰

eau

🚰

água

🚰

acqua

🚰

aigua

🚰

water

🚰

su

🚰

νερό

ماء

🚰

av

🚰

aiga

ύδωρ

υδρóβιóς

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈa.kʷa]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”).
The few cognates in other Indo-European branches point to a narrower original meaning of "running water". See Umbrian 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 (utur, “water”), which instead represents a remnant Italic continuation of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, the more widespread word for water in Indo-European languages.