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Where does “vadus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vadus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vadus”

  • vado
  • vadear
  • vado
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →