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aqua

/ˈækwə/ noun

Latin root: aqua Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about aqua at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A shade of blue tinged with green.

Origin

From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.

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