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English word water comes from Proto-Indo-European *wed-, and later Proto-Germanic *watōr (Water.)
*wed- (Proto-Indo-European)
wet
*wédōr (Proto-Indo-European)
*watōr (Proto-Germanic)
Water.
wæter (Old English)
Water.
water (Middle English)
Water (liquid H2O).
water (English)
(alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.. (countable) A serving of liquid water.. (countable, often, in the plural) Spa water.. (figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular) A state [...]