Aquatic
/əˈkwæt.ɪk/noun
Relating to water or living in water.
Did you know?Aquatic ultimately comes from Latin *aqua* (“water”), a root so powerful it spread through European languages and even helped shape scientific language for anything connected to water.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ekʷeh₂-
“water”
Latin
Latin
aqua
“water”
Late Latin
Latin
aquaticus
“of or pertaining to water”
Middle English
English
aquatike
“living or growing in water”
Modern English
English
aquatic
“relating to water or living in water”