Etymograph

English

extravagate

Extravagate comes from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt-.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500extrāvagāt-
  2. Englishtodayextravagate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500extrāvagāt-
  2. Englishtodayextravagate

The story

Extrāvagāt- is the participial stem of extrāvagārī, from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (‘out’)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (‘to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander’), from vagus (‘rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering’) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))).

Every English word from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt-

Today it means

verb To rove.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Medieval Latin extrāvagāt- / extravagate

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