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Where does “va” come from?

va (Interlingua) comes from Interlingua vader, from Latin vadere, from Latin vado, from Proto-Italic wāðō, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

va (Interlingua): present of ir; present of vader

Definitions

  1. present of ir; present of vader

Ancestry of “va”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Interlinguavaderto go
2Latinvaderesecond-person singular present passive...
3LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
4Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
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