Where does “extravagantness” come from?
extravagantness (English) comes from English extravagant, from French extravagant, from Medieval Latin extravagans, from Latin extravagari, from Latin vagari, from Latin vagus, from Proto-Italic wagos, from Proto-Indo-European Hwogos.
extravagantness (English): The quality of being extravagant
Definitions
- The quality of being extravagant
Ancestry of “extravagantness”, step by step
extravagantness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extravagant
| 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 | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |