Where does “husbandage” come from?

husbandage (English) comes from English husband, from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from Old Norse húsbóndi, from Old Norse bóndi, from Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

husbandage (English): The commission or compensation allowed to a...

Definitions

  1. The commission or compensation allowed to a...

Ancestry of “husbandage”, step by step

husbandage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English husband

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhusbandThe master of a house; the head of a family; a...
2Middle Englishhusbondemarried male, husband; head of a household;...
3Old Englishhūsbondamaster of the house
4Old Norsehúsbóndimaster of the house; master of house
5Old Norsebóndifarmer; husband
6Old Norse-andiused to form present participles of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Germanic-andz
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

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-Turkic ǖn
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