Where does “trivirgate” come from?

trivirgate (English) comes from English virgate, from Latin virgatus, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

trivirgate (English): Marked with three lines or stripes

Definitions

  1. Marked with three lines or stripes

Ancestry of “trivirgate”, step by step

trivirgate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English virgate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvirgateThe yardland: an obsolete English land measure...
2Latinvirgatusmade of twigs; striped
3Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
4Proto-Italicwizgā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →