The Virginity Myth: What's in a name? (or in this case...a word?)

This week I was sitting in my history class, learning about the Roman Empire, listening to my TA talk about the First Triumvirate (a pact between three military generals; famously including Caesar). She began to break down the word "Triumvirate" and what was most fascinating to me was when she underlined "vir" and said "vir, of course, is Latin for the English word for man." Instantly I thought of the word "virgin." If "vir" means "man," then what does the suffix "gin" mean? "Gin" is a form of "gen" which means, "one that generates and produces." It's interesting to me that "virgin" literally means "one who produces man," so I wonder when this term became less of a definition and more of a tool of oppression for men to use against women? This is just a perpetuation of the "virginity myth" that men use against women to suppress them. It's one more way they try to control them through their sexuality. I think this is particularly interesting especially since we just read Eglalia's Daughters in class! I didn't realize how much of our language is quite literally dictated by patriarchy.