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yvanspijk, 19 hours ago to random

'Fat' comes from Old English 'fǣtt'.

This adjective was originally a past participle meaning "fattened; made fat".

The corresponding verb was 'fǣtan' (to fatten; to make fat).

If it had survived, it would probably have become 'to *feat' (not related to the noun 'feat').

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yvanspijk, 3 days ago to random

The English verb 'to wade' is closely related to Romance verbs forms such as Italian 'vado' (I go), French 'va' (goes) and Spanish 'vamos' (we go).

These come from the Latin verb 'vādere' (to go). Most forms of this verb don't survive in the Romance languages, but some of its present tense forms were lent to the mixed bags of the Romance verbs for "to go".

Click the infographic to learn more about the origins of 'to wade' and its Romance cognates.