aquarium

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

2. 2
   noun

   A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.

3. 3
   noun

   A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin aquārius Latin aquāriumbor. English aquarium Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.