"artificial water channel," 1530s, from Latin aquaeductus, properly aquae ductus "a conveyance of water," from aquae, genitive of aqua "water" (from PIE root *akwa- "water"), + ductus "a leading, conducting," past participle of ducere "to lead," from PIE root *deuk- "to lead."
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