Where does “chuchotage” come from?
chuchotage (English) comes from French chuchotage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
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Ancestry of “chuchotage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | chuchotage | whispering; chuchotage |
| 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 | — |