Vogue
late 16th century (in the vogue, denoting the foremost place in popular estimation): from French, from Italian voga ‘rowing, fashion’, from vogare ‘row, go well’.
wiktionary
[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, fluctuate”), Old English wagian(“to sway, totter”), German Woge(“wave”), Swedish våg(“wave”). More at wag.
The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.
etymonline
vogue (n.)
1570s, the vogue, "height of popularity or accepted fashion," from French vogue "fashion, success;" also "drift, swaying motion (of a boat)" literally "a rowing," from Old French voguer "to row, sway, set sail" (15c.), probably from a Germanic source. Compare Old High German wagon "to float, fluctuate," literally "to balance oneself;" German Woge "wave, billow," wogen "fluctuate, float" (from PIE root *wegh- "to go, move").
Perhaps the notion is of being "borne along on the waves of fashion." Italian voga "a rowing," Spanish boga "rowing," but colloquially "fashion, reputation" also probably are from the same Germanic source. Phrase in vogue "having a prominent place in popular fashion" first recorded 1643. The fashion magazine began publication in 1892.
