Where does “virago” come from?
virago (Italian) comes from Latin virago, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virago (Italian): amazon
Ancestry of “virago”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | virago | a warlike woman |
| 2 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |