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the urge that built civilizations and then made them invent vacation days.

means To wander freely over a wide area without a fixed destination or route.

from From Old English ramian, 'to wander,' with cousins across the Germanic family. There's a charming old folk story that it comes from medieval pilgrims journeying to RomeRomabut scholars don't buy it: the word was roaming around English long before that connection could plausibly form, and the resemblance is coincidence, not ancestry.

word originPossibly from medieval pilgrims wandering toward Rome
animal mastersArctic terns roam pole to pole yearly
phone ironyRoaming charges punish you for actually roaming
genetic itchDRD4-7R gene links to wanderlust in humans
buffalo mythBison rarely roamed far despite the famous song
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