Where does “virgin” come from?

Virgin comes from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, from Latin virgo, meaning an unmarried woman or maiden.

virgin (English): A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or...

Definitions

  1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or...

Ancestry of “virgin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchvirgineAlternative form of virgene
2LatinVirginem—
3LatinVirgoVirgo (constellation)

Words derived from “virgin”

Every word from Latin Virgo →Every word from Latin Virginem →Every word from Old French virgine →