Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Water (as a compound). · A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a greenish-blue colour.
From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.
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