Where does “charterage” come from?

charterage (English) comes from English charter, from Middle English charter, from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

charterage (English): The chartering of a vessel

Definitions

  1. The chartering of a vessel

Ancestry of “charterage”, step by step

charterage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English charter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcharterA document issued by some authority, creating a...
2Middle Englishcharter
3Old Frenchchartrecharter; covenant; written agreement; record;...
4LatinchartulaDiminutive of charta a little paper; memorandum
5Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
6Frenchcartela cartel
7Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
8Italiancartapaper; map; menu
9Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
10Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
11Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via English age

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishageThe whole duration of a being, whether animal,...
2Middle EnglishageThe age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is
3Old Frenchaageage
4Vulgar Latinaetaticumage
5Latinaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan
6Latinaevitās
7Proto-Italicaiwotātsage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyu-vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-
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