Where does “-age” come from?

-age (Dutch) comes from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

-age (Dutch): Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It...

Definitions

  1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It...

Ancestry of “-age”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
2Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum

Words derived from “-age

Every word from Latin -āticumEvery word from French -ageEvery word from Old French -age
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