Virgin

[Klucky]

Yes, it's time for another one of Klucky's mundane questions.

Staying as family-viewable as possible, can someone explain to me where the term "virgin" came from? Is it Latin or something?

-Klucky

[Sylvan]

http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=virgin

Etymology: Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virgin-, virgo young woman, virgin
Yep, looks Latin...

[djmixon]

The generally accepted etymology of the word is Middle English, from Old French "virgine" and before that from Latin for an unmarried, absolutely chaste woman devoted to religion.

In folk etymology, the word 'virgin' comes from 'vir' (Latin 'man') and 'gyne (Greek 'woman), a man-woman or androgyne, a complete person.

In zoology, it is a female insect or other arthropod that produces fertile eggs without copulating.

There, now don't you feel educated??? :graduate:

[Klucky]

Thanks, guys! That makes a lot of sense now. :lol:

-Klucky

[sweet nothings]

haha i love latin....i study latin in school but its so cool cause i control the class!!! I convinved the teacher to let us draw, to bring us outside to play games i made up in my head...AND i got him to turn over the whole class to me for a day....ahhh its good to be latin queen....hahahah