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Where does “haulage” come from?

Haulage derives from Middle English -age, Old French -age, Latin -aticum, Old Dutch halon, Latin -icus, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-.

haulage (English): The act of hauling; The business of transporting...

Definitions

  1. The act of hauling; The business of transporting...

Ancestry of “haulage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhaulTo transport by drawing or pulling, as with...
2Middle Englishhālen—
3Old Frenchhalerto pull, haul; to haul, pull
4Dutchhalento fetch, to get; to reach , to catch; to make it
5Middle Dutchhalento drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul
6Old Dutchhalōn—
7Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
8Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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