aguanieve

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂

Proto-Italic *akʷā

Latin aqua

Old Spanish agua

Spanish agua

Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs

Proto-Italic *sniks

Latin nix

Latin -em

Latin nivem

Vulgar Latin *nĕvem

Old Spanish nieve

Spanish nieve

Spanish aguanieve

From agua + nieve.

Noun

aguanieve f (plural aguanieves)

1. sleet

Further reading

• “aguanieve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025