gué

Signification (English)

ford (crossing)

Synonyms

croisement

haut-fond

passage

banc de sable

pas japonais

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡe/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen français: gué

Inherited from ancien français: gué

Cognate with latin: vadum

Cognate with italien: guado

Cognate with occitan: ga

Cognate with catalan: gual

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: wat

Cognate with ancien haut allemand: wat

Cognate with ancien anglais: wæd

In summary

Inherited from Middle French gué, from Old French gué (“ford”), probably from Old Frankish *wad (“ford, crossing”) (perhaps through a Vulgar Latin *wadam), from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“ford, crossing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, pass, cross, wade”).
Also corresponds to Latin vadum (cognate to the Germanic term through Indo-European), which may have influenced or reinforced it. Compare Italian guado, Occitan ga, Catalan gual; alternative etymologies of Romance cognates derive these terms from the Latin vadum, with later influence from or crossing with the Germanic term. Cognate with Middle Dutch wat (“ford”), Old High German wat (“ford”), Old English wæd (“ford, water, sea, ocean”). More at wade.