verb/badeˈaɾ/
to ford; to wade, to wade across
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *uh₂dʰóm Proto-Italic *waðom Latin vadum Old Spanish vado Spanish vado Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish vadear From vado + -ear.