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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: ire + vadere
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Michael OBrien <mikeob%/etc/HOSTNAME> says:
:   I have a question. There are probably books I can look into on this,
: but Iwas just wondering about the evolution of the verb eo. Where did
: the va forms come from ? How did Ille it turn into Il va?

From _vadere_, whose meaning was near enough to _ire_ that it could
substitute when the monosyllable became ambiguous.  French, Italian and
Spanish all combine va(d)- forms with i- forms; French of course also
uses all-, and Italian uses and-, which are apparently contractions of
ambula-.

The forms of `be' show a similar cooperation of three ancient roots:
_es_ `be (timelessly)', _wes_ `remain' and _bhu_ `become'.
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