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The study of the history of words including their origins and the changes they've undergone through time.

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root of the word Virt

Originally "virtual" comes from Latin virtus, which can be translated like "force", "ability", "fact". Why nowadays in many languages word derived from "virtual" mean something exactly opposite - so …
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