aqueduct

Meanings

1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
2. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
3. A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ductus Latin aquaeductusbor. English aqueduct Adapted borrowing from Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), from aqua (“water”) + dūcō (“to lead”, “to bring”); compare the French aqueduc.