English
Vega
Vega comes from Arabic وَاقِع ‘falling’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentوَاقِعwāqiʕ‘falling’
- EnglishtodayVega
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentوَاقِعwāqiʕ‘falling’
- EnglishtodayVega
The story
The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).
Every English word from Arabic وَاقِع
Another origin of Vega
- Basquemodern*bai-ko‘river plain, water meadow’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500vayca
- Spanishc. 1500–presentvega‘meadow, fertile lowland’
- EnglishtodayVega
Today it means
name The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic وَاقِع / Vega