Etymology

variegated

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Today it means: Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color. Full definition →

English variegate ← Late Latin variegō ← Latin agō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wh₂-s-?
  3. Proto-Italic*wasios?
  4. Latinvarius
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  7. Proto-Italic*agō
  8. Latinagō
  9. Late Latinvariegō
  10. Englishvariegate
  11. English todayvariegated

From variegate + -ed.

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