köken: Inherited from Middle French vague, from Old French vague (“movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with Swedish våg (“wave”), Middle Dutch waeghe, wage (“wave”), Old High German wāge (“wave”), Old English wǣg (“wave, billow, motion, flood”). More at waw,…
aile: creux de la vague, faire des vagues, nouvelle vague, vague de chaleur, vague de froid, vaguelette, vaguette
Un peu comme un bateau qui trouve son équilibre entre les vagues et le chaos
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, adjective). The noun is a learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “aorist tense”, noun).
köken: Uncertain. De Vaan suggests from Proto-Italic *wagos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Hwogos, and compares this form to Old Norse vakka (“to totter”), Old High German wankon (“to totter”), winkan (“to waver, stagger”), Old English wincian (“to nod”). Compare also with Lithuanian võgti (“to steal”).
köken: From French vague, German vage, English vague, all from Latin vagus. The initial s- is of unclear origin, probably added to avoid collision with vagi, possibly inspired by Italian svagare (“amuse, distract”) and svagato (“absent-minded, distracted”), or by Swedish svag (“weak”), Danish svag (“weak”).