Virgin etymology

English

English word virgin comes from Latin virgo

Etymology of virgin

Detailed word origin of virgin

Dictionary entry Language Definition
virgo Latin (lat) (by extension) a young woman, girl. (by extension, Ecclesiastical, of the Church Fathers) a male virgin. (by extension, of things) an adjectival appellative for unwedded, pure, unused. A maid, maiden, virgin, sexually intact woman (compare puella).
virgene Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) Virgin (on who has not had sexual intercourse) Virgin (not having had sexual intercourse).
virgin English (en) (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family [...]

Words with the same origin as virgin

Descendants of virgo

marry