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English word virgin comes from Latin virgo

virgo (Latin)

(by extension) a young woman, girl. (by extension, Ecclesiastical, of the Church Fathers) a male virgin. (by extension, of things) an adjectival appellative for unwedded, pure, unused. A maid, maiden, virgin, sexually intact woman (compare puella).

virgene (Old French)

Virgin (on who has not had sexual intercourse) Virgin (not having had sexual intercourse).

virgin (English)

(informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family [...]

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