vega

vega · noun¹

1. Spanish · derived fromvega
2. English todayvega

From Spanish vega.

vega · noun²

An invented word perhaps chosen to begin with "v" (for "volatility") and to sound as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)

Vega · proper noun³

1. Arabic · derived fromوَاقِع“falling”
2. English todayVega

From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).

Vega · proper noun, noun⁴

1. Spanish · borrowed fromvega
2. Spanish · borrowed fromvega
3. English todayVega

Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).