divagate

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdis-“in different direction”
2. Latin · borrowed fromdīvagātus
3. English todaydivagate

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dīvagātus, perfect active participle of dīvagor (“to wander here and there”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagor (“to wander”). Cognate with French divaguer.

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