Etymograph

English

vagus

Vagus comes from Latin vagus ‘wandering, rambling, strolling’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvagus‘wandering, rambling, strolling’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvagus‘wandering, rambling, strolling’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

Earliest quotation: 1922, Domicile: “Though not referred in the Code as a domicile…”

Linked words

through Latin vagus ‘wandering, rambling, strolling’

vague, vagabond, 9 more

Today it means

noun A homeless person or vagrant.

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

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