English
vamonos
Vamonos comes from Spanish ir ‘to go’, from Latin eō ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-1‘to go’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti1‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ejō1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eō1‘to go’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeō2as īre‘to go’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentir3as vámonos‘to go’
- Englishtodayvamonos3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin eo
- 2 Wiktionary, Spanish ir
- 3 Wiktionary, English vamonos
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-Wiktionary, Latin eo‘to go’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éytiWiktionary, Latin eo‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ejōWiktionary, Latin eoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eōWiktionary, Latin eo‘to go’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeōWiktionary, Spanish iras īre‘to go’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentirWiktionary, English vamonosas vámonos‘to go’
- EnglishtodayvamonosWiktionary, English vamonos
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’
ion, isthmus, cation, anionic, 18 more
through Proto-Italic *eō ‘to go’
initiative, initiate, initiation, initiator, 3 more
through Latin eō ‘to go’
issue, initial, exit, transition, ambitious, ambition, trance, ambient, obituary, transient, eyre, sedition, transitive, transitory, seditious, ambiance, obit, praetorian, praetor, ambit, 22 more
Today it means
phrase let's go
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “vamonos”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin eo, Spanish ir. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / vamonos