Where does “vexer” come from?

vexer (French) comes from Latin vexo, from Proto-Indo-European gʷegs-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- — to shake, swing.

vexer (French): to irritate; to annoy; to offend, to hurt

Definitions

  1. to irritate; to annoy; to offend, to hurt

Ancestry of “vexer”, step by step

vexer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vexo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvexoI shake or jolt violently; I harass, annoy; I...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷegs-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷog-to shake, swing

via Latin vexāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvexāre—

Words derived from “vexer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷegs- →Every word from Latin vexo →