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Where does “vad” come from?

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

vad (Romanian): ford

Definitions

  1. ford

Ancestry of “vad”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vad”

  • vădos
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