vagus
English
/ˈveɪɡəs/
noun
Definitions
- (Roman Catholicism) A homeless person or vagrant.
- The vagus nerve.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vagus (wandering, strolling, flighty, vague, rambling, inconstant, uncertain, roaming, giddy, errant).
Origin
Latin
vagus
Gloss
wandering, strolling, flighty, vague, rambling, inconstant, uncertain, roaming, giddy, errant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vagotropic English
- Venerivagus Latin
- arenivagus Latin
- circumvagus Latin
- fluctivagus Latin
- harenivagus Latin
- ignivagus Latin
- ludivagus Latin
- lustrivagus Latin
- montivagus Latin
- multivagus Latin
- mundivagus Latin
- nemorivagus Latin
- noctivagus Latin
- nubivagus Latin
- paludivagus Latin
- pervagus Latin
- pontivagus Latin
- remivagus Latin
- solivagus Latin
- undivagus Latin
- vagor Latin
- vagus Latin
- vulgivagus Latin
- gaio Italian
- vago Italian
- vague French
- vag Norwegian Bokmål
- noctívago Portuguese
- vago Portuguese
- vag Norwegian Nynorsk
- gai Old French
- vague Catalan, Valencian
- vague Middle French
- *wagos Proto-Italic
- *gāhi Frankish
- *wāhi Frankish
- gai Old Occitan