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vado.

to go, walk, rush

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈwaː.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈvaː.do]
  1. to go, walk, rush

    conjugation-3
    Vāde mēcum.
    Vāde retrō, Satanā!
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂dʰeti Proto-Italic *wāðō Latin vādō From Proto-Italic *wāðō, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to advance”). Cognates include Old English wadan (English wade).

verb[ˈwa.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈvaː.do]
  1. to ford, wade through

    conjugation-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm Proto-Italic *waðom Latin vadum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vadō From vadum (“ford, shoal”) + -ō.

noun
  1. dative/ablative singular of vadum (“body of water, stream, shallow”)

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
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