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Where does “vaga” come from?

vaga (Latin) comes from Latin vago, from Latin vagus, from Proto-Italic wagos, from Proto-Indo-European Hwogos.

vaga (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “vaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvagoI wander; dative/ablative masculine/neuter...
2Latinvaguswandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague
3Proto-Italicwagos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHwogos—
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