vogue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the popular or general taste at a given time

   Leather is the latest vogue.

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Simplified etymology

Vogue derives from Italian voga, “rowing” or “fashion,” itself related to vogare, “to row” or “go well.” English developed most of the word's current fashion-related senses during the 17th century. The later verb meaning to dance in stylized poses refers to the fashion magazine Vogue and arose in club culture in the 1980s.

First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way). Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, f...

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