Eau

See also: eau, EAU, ÉAU, and -eau

English

Etymology

From Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”). Doublet of aqua. Related, but not derived from, French eau ("water").

Proper noun

Eau

1. (Lincolnshire) Any of several rivers in Lincolnshire.

Related terms

• ea
• eau
• yeo

See also

• List of waterways in Lincolnshire

Anagrams

• EUA, U.A.E., UAE, UEA, Uea