Where does “virginite” come from?
virginite (Old French) comes from Latin virginitās, from Latin virgō, from Ancient Greek παρθένος, from Proto-Indo-European pstḗn, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ǵ-sth₂-ḗn, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Ancestry of “virginite”, step by step
Words derived from “virginite”