Etymology

vamoose

va·moose
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Today it means: To run away (from); to flee. Full definition →

Spanish vamos
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromvamos“we go”
  2. English todayvamoose

Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.

Words from the same roots

Spanishvamos all →

namous

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