## Etymology
From extravagant + -ly. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander').

## AI Etymology
Extravagantly comes from extravagant + -ly. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -ly marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as an adverb meaning "in a wastefully lavish or excessive manner", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as extravagant, extravagance, and extravagancy, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin extravagari and Latin vagari, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

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