virgula

4 English words descend from Latin virgula, most common first.

virgilSynonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
virgulaThe spines of a ray.
virgularmade up of thin lines or strokes, usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system
virguleA medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.

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