Where does “virgate” come from?

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

virgate (English): The yardland: an obsolete English land measure...

Definitions

  1. The yardland: an obsolete English land measure...

Ancestry of “virgate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvirgatusmade of twigs; striped
2Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
3Proto-Italicwizgā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

Words derived from “virgate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →