aquarium
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 22
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- 8
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Definition of aquarium
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
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noun
- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -ārius Latin aquāriumbor. English aquarium Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”),…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -ārius Latin aquāriumbor. English aquarium Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.
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