Aquarelle
/ˌæk.wəˈrɛl/noun
A watercolor painting or the technique of painting with watercolors.
Did you know?Aquarelle comes through French from Italian and ultimately Latin aqua, the same ancient root behind words like aquarium and aqueduct, so even a painting term is built on the oldest word for water.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
aqua
“water”
Middle French
French
aquarelle
“a watercolor painting; a work done in water-based pigment”
18th Century
French/English
aquarelle
“a watercolor painting or watercolor technique”
Modern English
English
aquarelle
“a watercolor painting or the watercolor medium”