Where does “virgil” come from?

virgil (English) comes from French virgule, from Latin virgula, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

virgil (English): Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩

Definitions

  1. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩

Ancestry of “virgil”, step by step

virgil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French virgule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvirgulecomma; decimal point; first-person singular...
2Latinvirgulaa small rod, stick, wand, or staff; the slash...
3Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
4Proto-Italicwizgā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

via Middle English Vyrgyle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishVyrgyleVirgil Publius Vergilius Maro
2LatinVirgilius—
3LatinVergiliusThe poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil
4LatinVergilus—

Words derived from “virgil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →