stravaig

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁éǵʰs“out”
2. Latin · derived fromextrā“beyond, outside of”
3. Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromextrāvagārī“to stray outside limits, wander”
4. English · derived fromextravage“(obsolete, rare) to go beyond the scope of something, digress; to talk wildly, ramble”
5. Scots · borrowed fromstravaig“(verb) to wander idly, roam; to traverse; (noun) roaming about; casual ramble, stroll”
6. English todaystravaig

Possibly borrowed from Scots stravaig (“(verb) to wander idly, roam; to traverse; (noun) roaming about; casual ramble, stroll”), probably an aphetic form of English extravage (“(obsolete, rare) to go beyond the scope of something, digress; to talk wildly, ramble”), influenced by Scots vaig (“to wander idly, roam”). Extravage is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagārī (“to stray outside limits, wander”) (whence extravagate), 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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