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Where does “vadear” come from?

vadear (Portuguese) comes from Spanish vadear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

vadear (Portuguese): to ford; to wade

Definitions

  1. to ford; to wade

Ancestry of “vadear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvadearto ford; to wade, to wade across
2Spanish-earforms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some...
3Latin-izāre—
4Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
5Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
6Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
7Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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