Vade
/veɪd/noun
A rare or archaic word meaning a region or tract of land, especially in place names.
Did you know?Vade is an old dialect and place-name word tied to land or territory, and its survival is mostly fossilized in geographic names rather than everyday speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weǵʰ-
“to go, transport, or move”
Old English
OE
wæġ
“a way, path, or course”
Middle English
ME
vade
“a tract of land; a district or region”
Modern English
English
vade
“a rare dialectal or historical word for a district or tract of land”