Where does “dotage” come from?

Dotage comes from Middle English dotage, from Old French -age, from Latin -aticum, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos.

dotage (English): Decline in judgment and other cognitive...

Definitions

  1. Decline in judgment and other cognitive...

Ancestry of “dotage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdotageBehaviour that is stupid or ill-advised;...
2Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “dotage”

Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from Middle English -age →