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English word vigilante comes from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-, Latin vigeo, and later Latin vigilans (Vigilant, watchful.)
*weǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to be fresh, be cheerful, be awake, to be awake, be fresh or cheerful, to be strong, be awake, be fresh, be cheerful, to be awake, be fresh, be cheerful, to be fresh, cheerful, awake, lively, to be strong
vigeo (Latin)
I am alive, live.. I am in honor, esteem or repute; prosper.. I am vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish.
vigil (Latin)
Awake, watching, alert (in the plural) the watch, police. Watchman, sentinel.
vigilo (Latin)
(intransitive) I watch, remain awake, keep or am awake at night.. (intransitive, figuratively) I am watchful or vigilant.. (transitive) I watch through, spend in watching, do or make while watching.. I rise, wake up.
vigilans (Latin)
Vigilant, watchful.
vigilante (Spanish)
Guard, watchman Watchful, alert, wakeful.
vigilante (English)
A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.