wadium

Latin

Alternative forms

• waddium, vadium, gadium, gaidium guadium, wadia, watgium

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *waddī (“wager, stake, pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.di.um/, [ˈu̯äd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.di.um/, [ˈväːd̪ium]

Noun

wadium n (genitive wadiī or wadī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) pledge
2. (Medieval Latin) legal contract
3. (Medieval Latin) marriage contract
4. (Medieval Latin) mortgage
5. (Medieval Latin) death certificate
6. (Medieval Latin) will
7. (Medieval Latin) salary, wage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wadium	wadia
Genitive	wadiī wadī1	wadiōrum
Dative	wadiō	wadiīs
Accusative	wadium	wadia
Ablative	wadiō	wadiīs
Vocative	wadium	wadia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• wadiaria
• wadiarius
• wadiatio
• wadiator
• wadiō
• wadius

Descendants

• Old French: gage, guage, gaige, wage
  • Middle French: gage
    • French: gage
  • → Middle English: gage
    • English: gage
  • ⇒ Old French: gager, gagier, guagier
    • Middle French: guagier, gager
      • French: gager
    • → Middle English: gagen
      • English: gage
    • ⇒ Old French: gageure
      • French: gageure, gageüre
  • → Piedmontese: gagi
• • → Middle English: wage
    • English: wage