Where does “extravagantly” come from?
Extravagantly comes from English extravagant, from French extravagant, from Latin extravagari meaning to wander beyond, derived from Latin extra and Old English -līċ.
extravagantly (English): With lavish expenditure or behaviour
Definitions
- With lavish expenditure or behaviour
Ancestry of “extravagantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extravagant | Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence,... |
| 2 | French | extravagant | extravagant |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | extravagans | — |
| 4 | Latin | extravagari | to wander beyond |
| 5 | Latin | vagari | present active infinitive of vagor; to wander,... |
| 6 | Latin | vagus | wandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wagos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hwogos | — |