extravagate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁éǵʰs“out”
2. Latin · derived fromextrā“beyond, outside of”
3. Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromextrāvagāt-
4. English todayextravagate

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt- + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). Extrāvagāt- is the participial stem of extrāvagārī, from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))).

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