Where does “divagate” come from?
divagate (English) comes from Latin divagatus, from Latin divagor, from Latin vagor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
divagate (English): To wander about; To stray from a subject or theme
Definitions
- To wander about; To stray from a subject or theme
Ancestry of “divagate”, step by step
divagate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin divagatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | divagatus | wandered |
| 2 | Latin | divagor | I wander, wander about |
| 3 | Latin | vagor | I ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; I... |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Latin divagare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | divagare | second-person singular present active imperative... |