Where does “expressage” come from?

expressage (English) comes from English express, from French exprès, from Latin expressus, from Latin exprimere, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin, gum; to say, speak.

expressage (English): The fee for carrying a parcel by express

Definitions

  1. The fee for carrying a parcel by express

Ancestry of “expressage”, step by step

expressage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English express

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexpressMoving or operating quickly, as a train not...
2Frenchexprèsexpress
3Latinexpressussqueezed
4Latinexprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
6LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicōto impart, share
9Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
10Old Latincom(m)oinis
11Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17Old High Germankuti
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

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 gʷet-