Where does “carcelage” come from?

carcelage (English) comes from Latin carcelladium, from Latin carcer, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carcelage (English): prison fees

Definitions

  1. prison fees

Ancestry of “carcelage”, step by step

carcelage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin carcelladium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarcelladium—
2Latincarcerprison, jail; jailbird; traps
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Latin carceragium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarceragium—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin carcer →Every word from Latin carcelladium →