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divagate verb
di·va·gate | \ ˈdī-və-ˌgāt , ˈdi- \
divagated; divagating
Definition of divagate
intransitive verb
: to wander or stray from a course or subject : DIVERGE, DIGRESS
divagation \ ˌdī-və-ˈgā-shən , ˌdi- \ noun
The Origin of Divagate
Divagate hasn't wandered far in meaning from its Latin ancestors. It descends from the verb "divagari," which comes from dis-, meaning "apart," and vagari, meaning "to wander." "Vagari" also gave us vagabond, meaning "a wanderer with no home," and "extravagant," an early, now archaic, sense of which was "wandering away." Latin vagari is also probably the source of our noun "vagary," which now usually means "whim or caprice" but originally meant "journey, excursion, or tour." Even the verb "stray" may have evolved from "vagari," by way of Vulgar Latin and Middle French. Today, "divagate" can suggest a wandering or straying that is literal (as in "the hikers divagated from the trail"), but it is more often used figuratively (as in "she tends to divagate from the subject").
First Known Use of divagate
1599, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for divagate
Late Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari, from Latin dis- + vagari to wander — more at VAGARY