Where does “Vogue” come from?

Vogue comes from Middle French vogue, from Old French vogue, the noun derived from Old French voguer, meaning to row or sail.

Vogue (English): A fashion and lifestyle magazine

Definitions

  1. A fashion and lifestyle magazine

Ancestry of “Vogue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvoguewave, course of success
2Old Frenchvoguea rowing
3Old Frenchvoguerto row, sway, set sail
4ItalianvogareTo row
5Old Saxonwagonto sway
6Proto-West Germanic*wagōn—
7Proto-Germanicwagōnąto move, stir, sway
8Proto-Germanicweganąto move, to carry; to weigh
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “Vogue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic weganą →Every word from Proto-Germanic wagōną →