Where does “average” come from?
Average derives from Middle English aver, from Old French avarie, combining aver (to have) with the suffix -age, ultimately from Latin -aticus and -icus.
average (English): The arithmetic mean; Any measure of central...
Definitions
- The arithmetic mean; Any measure of central...
Ancestry of “average”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |
Words derived from “average”