Where does “vagir” come from?

vagir (French) comes from Italian vagire, from Latin vagio, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂g- — to shatter, to break asunder.

vagir (French): to wail; to howl; to bawl

Definitions

  1. to wail; to howl; to bawl

Ancestry of “vagir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvagireto cry or wail
2LatinvagioI wail
3Proto-Indo-European*weh₂g-to shatter, to break asunder

Words derived from “vagir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂g- →Every word from Latin vagio →Every word from Italian vagire →