The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wh₂-s-?
- Proto-Italic*wasios?
- Latinvarius
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Late Latinvariegō
- English todayvariegate
From Late Latin variegāre (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”).
Words from the same roots
Latinvarius all →
variousvairvariolavari-variolitevariometer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.