Where does “vagabondage” come from?
vagabondage (English) comes from French vagabondage, from French vagabonder, from French vagabond, from Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
vagabondage (English): The state or characteristic of being a vagabond;...
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of being a vagabond;...
Ancestry of “vagabondage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vagabondage | vagabondage |
| 2 | French | vagabonder | to walk about, wander; to roam, wander, walk the... |
| 3 | French | vagabond | vagabonding; vagabond |
| 4 | Latin | vagābundus | strolling about |
| 5 | Latin | vagor | I ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; I... |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |