hydro etymology

English word hydro comes from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ

Detailed word origin of hydro

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
ὕδωρ Ancient Greek (grc)
hydro English (eng) (British, countable, dated) A spa.. (Canada, uncountable) electrical power supply; specifically : electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one). (countable, aviation, obsolete). (uncountable) hydroelectric power Hydroelectric. Hydroponic.

Words with the same origin as hydro

Descendants of ὕδωρ
MHDD conhydrine dropsy hydra hydrase hydrate hydrazine hydricity hydriodic hydrobenzoin hydrocarbon hydrocarbonate hydrochloric hydroelectric hydroferrocyanate hydrofluoric hydrofoil hydrogen hydrogenic hydrotelluric hydroxide hydroxylamine namansilite quinizarin sodium