The story
- Latin · derived fromvagari“wander”
- Late Latin · derived fromvagābundus
- Old French · derived fromvagabond
- English todayvagabond
From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.