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Where does “vaguer” come from?

vaguer (French) comes from Latin vagari, from Latin vagus, from Proto-Italic wagos, from Proto-Indo-European Hwogos.

vaguer (French): to wander, to wander aimlessly

Definitions

  1. to wander, to wander aimlessly

Ancestry of “vaguer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvagaripresent active infinitive of vagor; to wander,...
2Latinvaguswandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague
3Proto-Italicwagos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHwogos—

Words derived from “vaguer”

  • vague
  • vaguely
  • extravagance
  • vagueness
  • vagus
  • vagary
  • divagation
  • vagarious
  • vagile
  • vagility
  • divagate
  • gyrovagues
  • nonvague
  • gyrovague
  • vaguery
  • evagation
  • noctivagous
  • vaguish
  • mundivagant
  • vagous
  • vagancy
  • figary
  • vagariously
  • unvague
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