Where does “avenage” come from?

avenage (English) comes from Old French avenage, from Latin avena — oats; wild oats; straw.

avenage (English): A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord...

Definitions

  1. A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord...

Ancestry of “avenage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchavenage
2Latinavenaoats; wild oats; straw
Every word from Latin avenaEvery word from Old French avenage