aquatic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   operating or living or growing in water

   boats are aquatic vehicles

2. 2
   adj

   relating to or consisting of or being in water

   an aquatic environment

3. 3
   noun

   a plant that lives in or on water

   The word aquatic appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

Common collocations

• aquatic plant Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin aquāticusder. Middle French aquatiquebor. English aquatic Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).

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