Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative form of ea.
From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Compare ea, Eau, eau.
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