guado

See also: guadò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.do/, [ˈɡwäːd̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: guà‧do

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom, perhaps through a Late Vulgar Latin *uadam. Compare French gué (“ford”). Other sources list it as deriving from Latin vadum, itself from the same Proto Indo-European root as the Germanic, and thus cognate to it. However, it was likely influenced in pronunciation by the corresponding Germanic term (the change of Classical Latin V, originally pronounced /w/, to /v/ had probably already occurred in the Vulgar Latin dialects by the Proto-Romance era in the early Middle Ages; thus the normal result in Italian would have been *vado). Compare Spanish vado, Portuguese vau, Romanian vad, Sicilian vadu, which were not affected by the Germanic influence.

Noun

guado m (plural guadi)

1. ford
2. wade

Derived terms

• guadare

Verb

guado

1. first-person singular present indicative of guadare

Etymology 2

From Lombardic waid or Old High German weit, from Proto-Germanic *waidą, *waidaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ- (“woad”). Compare French guède and English woad.

Noun

guado m (plural guadi)

1. woad, glastum (the plant Isatis tinctoria)
2. woad, indigo (blue dye)