Where does “leakage” come from?

Leakage derives from Middle English -age added to Middle Dutch leken, itself from Latin -aticum suffixed to a root ultimately descended from Proto-Indo-European leg-.

leakage (English): an act of leaking, or something that leaks; the...

Definitions

  1. an act of leaking, or something that leaks; the...

Ancestry of “leakage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleakA crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits...
2Middle Englishlekento let water in or out
3Middle Dutchlēkento leak, to be leaky
4Old Dutchlekan—
5Proto-West Germanic*lekan—
6Proto-GermaniclekanąTo leak; seep; drip
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleg-to leak

Words derived from “leakage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lekan →