virgula
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a small rod, stick, wand, or staff
- (medieval) the slash mark ⟨/⟩, particularly (historical) in its medieval use as a scratch comma.
Etymology
Suffix from Latin virga (twig, stick, rod, shoot, slender green branch, rod stick, switch, staff, branch).
Origin
Latin
virga
Gloss
twig, stick, rod, shoot, slender green branch, rod stick, switch, staff, branch
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
棒
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verge staff English
- virga English
- virgil English
- virgula English
- virgule English
- *virgella Latin
- virga Latin
- virgator Latin
- virgetum Latin
- Virgel German
- verga Italian
- vergella Italian
- vergola Italian
- vergolare Italian
- virgola Italian
- virgolare Italian
- virgolatura Italian
- virgoleggiare Italian
- verge French
- virgule French
- virguler French
- verga Spanish, Castilian
- virgulilla Spanish, Castilian
- vírgula Spanish, Castilian
- *wisgeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wisgā Proto-Indo-European
- verga Portuguese
- vírgula Portuguese
- virgule Czech
- verge Old French
- verga Galician
- vargă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vergea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- virgulă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- / Translingual
- ‖ Translingual
- ₥ Translingual
- ∣ Translingual
- virgül Turkish
- virgule Norman
- vèrgue Norman
- verge Middle French
- virgule Middle French
- vergül Azerbaijani
- veargã Aromanian
- virdzeauã Aromanian
- *wizgā Proto-Italic
- virgola Venetian
- virga Istriot