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

  1. barons or nobles collectively; an annotated list...

Ancestry of “baronage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbarnage—
2Old Frenchbarnagetroupe of barons
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—
Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from Old Occitan -atge →
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