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vague.

wave

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Meaning & usage

noun/vaɡ/

  1. wave

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French vague, from Old French vague (“movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with Swedish våg (“wave”), Middle Dutch waeghe, wage (“wave”), Old High German wāge (“wave”), Old English wǣg (“wave, billow, motion, flood”). More at waw, wave.

adj/vaɡ/

  1. vague

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French vague, borrowed from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Possibly a doublet of gai.

noun/vaɡ/

  1. vagueness

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French vague, borrowed from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Possibly a doublet of gai.

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