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Where does “vagus” come from?

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

vagus (Latin): wandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague

Definitions

  1. wandering, rambling, strolling; uncertain, vague

Ancestry of “vagus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicwagos—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHwogos—

Words derived from “vagus”

  • 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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