The story
- Latin · derived fromextra“beyond”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromextravagans
- Middle French · derived fromextravagant
- Middle English · inherited fromextravagaunt
- English todayextravagant
Inherited from Middle English extravagaunt, from Middle French extravagant and its etymon Medieval Latin extravagans, present participle of extravagor (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagor (“to wander, stray”).
Words from the same roots
Latinextra all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.