vogue

vogue · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weǵʰ-“to move, go, transport”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*weganą“to move, carry, weigh”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wēgaz“water in motion”
4. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wagōną“to sway, fluctuate”
5. Old Saxon · derived fromwogōn“to sway, rock”
6. Old French · derived fromvogue
7. Middle French · borrowed fromvogue“wave, course of success”
8. English todayvogue

First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way). Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag. The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.

Vogue · proper noun²

Trade name, from vogue (“style, fashion”).

Vogue · proper noun³

From Cornish Fog, blowing house or smelting furnace.

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