Английский Этимологический словарь - verge (n.)
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Verge (n.)
verge (n.)
- "edge, rim," 1459, from M.Fr. verge "rod or wand of office," hence "scope, territory dominated," from L. virga "shoot, rod stick." In M.E., within the verge (Fr. dedeinz la verge) meant "subject to the Lord High Steward's authority," originally a 12-mile radius round the king's court. Sense shifted via notion of "the outermost edge of an expanse or area." Meaning "point at which something happens" (as in on the verge of) is first attested 1602. "A very curious sense development." [Weekley]
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