Etymograph

English

Virgo

Virgo comes from Latin virgō ‘maiden, virgin’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvirgō‘maiden, virgin’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1588–1593Virgo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvirgō‘maiden, virgin’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1588–1593Virgo

Earliest quotation: c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus: “Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius!…”

Linked words

through Latin virgō ‘maiden, virgin’

virgin, 3 more

Today it means

name A constellation in the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a maiden holding an ear of wheat (represented by the bright binary star Spica).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin virgō / Virgo

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