Of Virtual Men
The Latin word vir (man) gave logical rise to the word virile, and also to the word virtue, which referred to manliness and moral strength, at the time (and more frequently nowadays than people think) considered synonymous. In 1432, virtual was used to mean "capable of producing an effect." By 1654, the word referred to something capable of producing an effect without formal recognition (e.g. "a virtual dictator" -MW). Surprisingly early (in 1959), the logical leap was made to use to word to refer to something capable of producing an effect without physically existing (i.e. being on a computer). Just in case you wanted to know how exactly virtual keyboards and virtual libraries are manly.