Where does “vada” come from?

vada (Latin) comes from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.

vada (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “vada”, step by step

vada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vadum

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

via Latin vado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
2Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →Every word from Proto-Italic waðom →Every word from Latin vadum →