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Where does “vado” come from?

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

vado (Spanish): ford

Definitions

  1. ford

Ancestry of “vado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishvado—
2Latinvadus—
3LatinvadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,...
4Proto-Italicwaðomford, shallow water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwadʰom—

Words derived from “vado”

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