Latin edit

Etymology edit

From virgula +‎ -la (diminutive ending). Attested in the sixth century CE.[1]

Noun edit

virgella f (genitive virgellae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. small rod

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “virgella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 502