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Gouache

3 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means an opaque watercolor paint, or a painting made with it
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Stage 1 of 3
aquazzo
Italian · medieval
"a water-based paint"
possibly related to acqua (water), describing a water-based opaque paint
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gouache
French · 1700s
"an opaque watercolor paint"
settled in French for the opaque watercolor painting medium
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gouache
English · 1880s
"an opaque water-based paint"
adopted directly for the opaque water-based paint medium
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