DictionaryRoot: vadere
Latin
vadere
go or walk
Forms
- vadere
- vas- — A changed form found in some derivatives.
Origin
An inherited Latin movement verb with older Indo-European relatives.
Note
Different prefixes turn going into entering, leaving, or advancing against something.
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verb
vamoose
vuh-MOOS/vəˈmuːs/
To leave quickly or abruptly.
Etymology
The underlying verb meant to go or walk, including going hastily. The Spanish call vamos, “let us go,” supplied the expression that became an English slang verb for leaving quickly.