Where does “virgula” come from?

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

virgula (Latin): a small rod, stick, wand, or staff; the slash...

Definitions

  1. a small rod, stick, wand, or staff; the slash...

Ancestry of “virgula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
2Proto-Italicwizgā
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

Words derived from “virgula

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂