Let World Water Day, which this year falls on March 22, remind us of the global water crisis, and the goal to ensure water and sanitation for all. Photo: Shutterstock
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Language Matters
World Water Day: where does the word ‘water’ come from and how did it give us ‘vodka’?
- ‘Water’ arrived in the English language from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic and Old English
- The word also lends itself to ‘vodka’ and ‘whisky’
Let World Water Day, which this year falls on March 22, remind us of the global water crisis, and the goal to ensure water and sanitation for all. Photo: Shutterstock
