Where does “virgater” come from?
virgater (English) comes from English virgate, from Latin virgatus, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.
virgater (English): A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land
Definitions
- A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land
Ancestry of “virgater”, step by step
virgater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English virgate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | virgate | The yardland: an obsolete English land measure... |
| 2 | Latin | virgatus | made of twigs; striped |
| 3 | Latin | virga | twig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wizgā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wisgeh₂ | flexible rod or stick |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |