verge
French
noun
Definitions
- rod
- penis male sexual organ
- (Canada) yard
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French verge (rod wand of office) inherited from Old French verge inherited from Latin virga (twig, stick, rod, shoot, slender green branch, rod stick, switch, staff, branch) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (flexible rod stick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wisgeh₂
Gloss
flexible rod stick
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verge English
- verge staff English
- virga English
- virga Latin
- virgator Latin
- virgetum Latin
- virginem Latin
- virgula Latin
- verga Italian
- vergare Italian
- vergheggiare Italian
- vergette French
- vierge French
- envergar Spanish, Castilian
- verga Spanish, Castilian
- vergazo Spanish, Castilian
- vergota Spanish, Castilian
- vergudo Spanish, Castilian
- vergón Spanish, Castilian
- verja Spanish, Castilian
- *weys- Proto-Indo-European
- *wisgeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wisgā Proto-Indo-European
- verga Portuguese
- virga Portuguese
- verge Old French
- vergi Esperanto
- vergo Esperanto
- verga Galician
- vargă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vèrgue Norman
- verge Middle French
- veargã Aromanian
- *wizgā Proto-Italic
- virga Istriot
- virga Interlingua