divagate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) To wander about.
2. (intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.

Concepten

afdwalen

uitweiden

Synoniemen

digress

wander

stray

roam

Vertalingen

divagar

divagar

abschweifen

ξεστρατίζω

détourner

dévier

divaguer

errer

vaguer

divagare

dipartire

focar

ayrılma

başıboş dolaşmak

Etymologie (Engels)

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dīvagātus, perfect active participle of dīvagor (“to wander here and there”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagor (“to wander”). Cognate with French divaguer.