Where does “baronage” come from?
baronage (English) comes from Middle English barnage, from Old French barnage, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
baronage (English): barons or nobles collectively; an annotated list...
Definitions
- barons or nobles collectively; an annotated list...
Ancestry of “baronage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | barnage | — |
| 2 | Old French | barnage | troupe of barons |
| 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 | — |