GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

GEOBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the definition of the morpheme ‘aqua’?
A
life
B
earth
C
water
D
air
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -aqua-, prefix. aqua-comes from Latin, where it has the meaning “water”. This meaning is found in such words as: aquaculture, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, aqueous, aquifer.

Detailed explanation-2: -“water.” Something that is aquatic is related to water. Aquamarine is a blue-green color like water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aqua– is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “water.” It is occasionally used in a variety of scientific and technical terms. Aquia comes from Latin aqua, meaning “water.” The Greek translation is hýdōr, meaning “water, ” which is the source of such combining forms as hydro–.

Detailed explanation-4: -Etymology. From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.

Detailed explanation-5: -Etymologically, “water”, from the Old English wæter, came from the Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately descending from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *wód-r, a suffixed form of the PIE root *wed-“water, wet”.

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