Ado
/əˈduː/noun
Fuss, commotion, or trouble.
Did you know?“Much ado” was originally a very literal sense of busy activity or trouble, and Shakespeare helped freeze it forever into the language of dramatic fuss.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
to dōn
“to do, perform, act”
Middle English
ME
at do
“to do, to cause trouble or action”
14th Century
English
ado
“busy activity, trouble, commotion”
16th Century
English
much ado
“great fuss or trouble”
Modern English
English
ado
“fuss, commotion, trouble”