Femminile

verge

Senso

Concetti

(Inglese)

(feminine) rod
(feminine) penis (male sexual organ)
(Canada, feminine) yard

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/vɛʁʒ/

Ereditato da francese medio

Ereditato da francese antico

Ereditato da latino

In summary

Inherited from Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”), hence "scope, territory dominated", from Old French verge, virge, from Latin virga (“shoot, rod stick”), of uncertain origin, but probably from a Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Doublet of vergue.