Where does “brigandage” come from?
Brigandage comes from French brigandage, formed from French brigand plus the suffix French -age, which derives from Middle French -age, rooted in Latin -aticum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.
brigandage (English): The lifestyle of a brigand
Definitions
- The lifestyle of a brigand
Ancestry of “brigandage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | brigandage | robbery or other violent crime carried out by a... |
| 2 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 3 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -āticum | — |