Where does “vagient” come from?

vagient (English) comes from Latin vagiens, from Latin vagio, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂g- — to shatter, to break asunder.

vagient (English): Crying like a child

Definitions

  1. Crying like a child

Ancestry of “vagient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvagienswailing
2LatinvagioI wail
3Proto-Indo-European*weh₂g-to shatter, to break asunder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂g- →Every word from Latin vagio →Every word from Latin vagiens →