Where does “vamos” come from?

vamos (Spanish) comes from Latin vadamus, from Latin vado, from Proto-Italic wāðō, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

vamos (Spanish): Let us go, let's go; Come on!

Definitions

  1. Let us go, let's go; Come on!

Ancestry of “vamos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvadamusfirst-person plural present active subjunctive of...
2LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
3Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “vamos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāðō →Every word from Latin vado →