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.
Ancestry of “Vogue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | vogue | wave, course of success |
| 2 | Old French | vogue | a rowing |
| 3 | Old French | voguer | to row, sway, set sail |
| 4 | Italian | vogare | To row |
| 5 | Old Saxon | wagon | to sway |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *wagōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wagōną | to move, stir, sway |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | weganą | to move, to carry; to weigh |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
Words derived from “Vogue”