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Where does “vado” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vado”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vado”

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