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Where does “cottage” come from?

Cottage comes from Medieval Latin cotagium, a term for a small dwelling or cottage.

cottage (English): A small house; A seasonal home of any size or...

Definitions

  1. A small house; A seasonal home of any size or...

Ancestry of “cottage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normancotage—

Words derived from “cottage”

  • cottager
  • cottagey
  • cottagelike
  • telecottage
  • telecottaging
  • cottageless
  • коттедж
  • cottage
  • קוטג׳
Every word from Anglo-Norman cotage →