gué m (plural gués)
gué m (oblique plural guez, nominative singular guez, nominative plural gué)
From Middle French gué, from Old French gué (“ford”), from Old Frankish *wad (“ford, crossing”), from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“ford, crossing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, pass, cross, wade”). Also corresponds to Latin vadum. Compare Italian guado. Cognate with Middle Dutch wat (“ford”), Old High German wat (“ford”), Old English wæd (“ford, water, sea, ocean”). More at wade.