água
Portuguese
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Água
Etymology
From Old Portuguese agua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Italic *akʷā (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Galician auga, Spanish agua, Catalan aigua, Occitan aiga, French eau, Italian acqua and Romanian apă.
Pronunciation
Descendants
Further reading
- água in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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