Etymology

extravagance

ex·trav·a·gance
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Today it means: Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money. Full definition →

French extravagance ← Medieval Latin extra
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromextra
  2. French · borrowed fromextravagance
  3. English todayextravagance

Borrowed from French extravagance, from Medieval Latin extra + vagor (“to wander”).

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