====== 'Vague' etymology ====== >Vague (adj.) "uncertain as to specifics," 1540s, from Middle French //vague// "empty, vacant; wild, uncultivated; wandering" (13c.), from Latin //vagus// "strolling, wandering, rambling," figuratively "vacillating, uncertain," of unknown origin. Related:// Vagueness.// > >Source : [[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=vague|Online Etymology Dictionary]] ''//Note:// The [[https://www.etymonline.com/|Online Etymology Dictionary]] maintains a free-access list of the origins of thousands of English words, a significant proportion of which are unknown'' ---- Also see: [[content:philosophy:sorites_paradox]]