English

ignaqueous

Ignaqueous comes from Latin ignis ‘fire’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ- ‘to burn’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁engʷ-‘to burn’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥gʷnís‘fire’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEignis‘fire’
Englishearliest quotation 1819ignaqueous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁engʷ-‘to burn’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥gʷnís‘fire’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEignis‘fire’
Englishearliest quotation 1819ignaqueous

Earliest quotation: 1819, Uriah Derick D’Arcy, The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo: “The Gaul congratulated himself on his perseverance and sagacity;…”

A compound of ignis ‘fire’ + aqueous ‘of or relating to water’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ ‘water’

Proto-Italic *akʷā

Latin aqua ‘water’

English aqueous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ- ‘to burn’

ingle, wonga, 4 more

through Latin ignis ‘fire’

ignition, ignite, igneous, 4 more

Today it means

adj able to live in both fire and water (as of salamanders)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ- / ignaqueous

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