Where does “vergée” come from?
vergée (Norman) comes from Old French vergee, from Anglo-Norman vergé, from Latin virgatus, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.
vergée (Norman): vergée
Ancestry of “vergée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | vergee | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | vergé | virgate |
| 3 | Latin | virgatus | made of twigs; striped |
| 4 | Latin | virga | twig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wizgā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wisgeh₂ | flexible rod or stick |
Words derived from “vergée”