Etymology of the English word aquatint
the English word
aquatintderived from the French word
aquatintederived from the Italian word
acquatintaderived from the Obsolete Italian word
acquaderived from the Latin word
aqua (water; water; sea, lake)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*akʷ-a-derived from the Italian word
tintaderived from the Italian word
tingerederived from the Latin word
tingere (wet, moisten, dip)
derived from the Latin word
tangere (touch, strike; border on)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*tag- (to touch)
Date
The earliest known usage of aquatint in English dates from the 18th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
