Where does “equipage” come from?
Equipage comes from Middle French equippage, formed with the suffix Middle French -age (from Old French -age, from Latin -aticum, derived from Latin -aticus, from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos).
equipage (English): Equipment or supplies, especially military ones;...
Definitions
- Equipment or supplies, especially military ones;...
Ancestry of “equipage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | équipage | horse and carriage; crew; equipment |
| 2 | French | équiper | to supply; to equip |
| 3 | Middle French | esquiper | to equip |
| 4 | Old French | esquiper | to embark |
| 5 | Old Norse | skipa | to arrange, to place in order, to draw up; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skipōną | to arrange, set up; to ship, embark |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skipą | ship; hollow object |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
Words derived from “equipage”