Latin

vagus

‘wandering, roaming’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vagus.

12 English words in this record descend from Latin vagus, most familiar first.

• vague
• vagabond ← vagābundus ← vagor
• vagus
• vagary ← vagare ← vagārī
• divagate ← dīvagātus ← dīvagor ← vagor
• evagation ← ēvagātiō ← ēvagor ← vagor
• evagate ← evagor ← vagor
• omnivagant ← vagans ← vagor
• vagabondage ← vagabonder ← vagabond ← vagābundus ← vagor
• vagile ← vagil
• vagous
• vagarist

Etymograph / Latin vagus