Where did water get its name?

Answer 1

1) The Atlantic Ocean got it's name from Greek and means "Sea of Atlas" 2) The Pacific Ocean got it's name from Latin (Mare Pacificum) and means "peaceful sea" 3) The Indian ocean from India, the Arctic Ocean from the Arctic, and the Southern Ocean from the South.

Answer 2

The word "water" is lately from the Germanic, as is the German word, wasser.

In Old English, it is wæter, Old Saxon watar, and Old High German wazzar.

Answer 3

The word "water" is from the Germanic/Anglo-Saxon words for the liquid.

Old English is wæter, Old Saxon is watar, Old High German wazzar, and modern German wasser.