Where does “Virgil” come from?

Virgil comes from Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, a variant of Latin Vergilius, with the personal name suffix -ius deriving from Proto-Indo-European -ósyo through Proto-Italic -jos and Proto-Indo-European -yós.

Virgil (English): Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid

Definitions

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid

Ancestry of “Virgil”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	Vyrgyle	Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro
2	Latin	Virgilius	—
3	Latin	Vergilius	The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil
4	Latin	Vergilus	—

Words derived from “Virgil”

Virgilian

Every word from Latin Vergilus →Every word from Latin Vergilius →Every word from Latin Virgilius →