Where does “vadose” come from?

vadose (English) comes from Latin vadōsus, from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.

vadose (English): Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of...

Ancestry of “vadose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvadōsusfull of shallows
2LatinvadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,...
3Proto-Italicwaðomford, shallow water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwadʰom—

Words derived from “vadose”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →Every word from Proto-Italic waðom →Every word from Latin vadum →
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