Where does “vagamente” come from?
vagamente (Galician) comes from Galician vago, from Galician vagar, from Latin vagari, from Latin vagus, from Proto-Italic wagos, from Proto-Indo-European Hwogos.
vagamente (Galician): vaguely
Ancestry of “vagamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | vago | first-person singular present indicative of vagar |
| 2 | Galician | vagar | to be vacant or void; time; occasion,... |
| 3 | Latin | vagari | present active infinitive of vagor; to wander,... |
| 4 | Latin | vagus | wandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wagos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hwogos | — |