Where does “virgulă” come from?

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

virgulă (Romanian): comma

Definitions

  1. comma

Ancestry of “virgulă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvirgulecomma; decimal point; first-person singular...
2Latinvirgulaa small rod, stick, wand, or staff; the slash...
3Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
4Proto-Italicwizgā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic wizgā →Every word from Latin virga →