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Water is one of the Old Words, from an Indo-European root that shows up in almost all of the daughter languages, from Greek hydor to Russian voda. It derives from *wed-, water, wet.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe English word water shares a common ancestor with German Wasser. Another example where an English -t- between two vowels corresponds to -ss- in German is hate - hassen. Compare, also eat and essen and so om.
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∙ 15y agowed, from Proto-Indo-European.
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∙ 15y agoWater is a root word to a word like waterfall.
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∙ 13y agoWaterside
Hydro
Ripple
Aqua
Oxygen
Fresh
Waterways
Streams
Rivers
Coastal
Lagoon
Harbour
Bubble
Rain
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∙ 12y agoaqua and hydra both mean water. One is Greek the other Latin. I forget which is which though.
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∙ 11y agowed-wet
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What word with a Greek root means excessive loss of water?
The word "dehydration" means loss of water, from the Greek root hydro (water).
What is the root word of hydro?
It means water, some examples... hydrophobic: water-hater hydrophilic: water-loving
What is the root word for aquiruim?
If you mean aquarium, the root is aqua- Latin for water.
What is the root word for hydroplane?
what is the prefix root of the word hydroplane
What is the root word of fugitive?
Fugitive has no root word it is the root word.
What word with a Greek root means excessive loss of water?
The word "dehydration" means loss of water, from the Greek root hydro (water).
What is the word root of hydroelectric?
The root word of hydroelectric is hydro which means water.
What is the root word for underwater?
water
What is the root word of hydro?
It means water, some examples... hydrophobic: water-hater hydrophilic: water-loving
What is the root word for aquiruim?
If you mean aquarium, the root is aqua- Latin for water.
What does the root word agua mean?
Agua is the Spanish word for water.
What does the root word for aquarium mean?
aqua = water
What do root word hydro mean?
Greek meaning water
What is the root word in deduction?
The root word is duct (a tube in a building, usually for ventilation, water pipes and electrical cables, etc).
What is the root word for hydroplane?
what is the prefix root of the word hydroplane
What is the root word base of mar?
marine:sea auquamarine:sea\water
What is the Latin root word for water?
The root of the word is aqu- its feminine, so it would be aqua in the singular nominative and so on(:
