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

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

Ancestry of “leakage”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	leak	A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits...
2	Middle English	leken	to let water in or out
3	Middle Dutch	lēken	to leak, to be leaky
4	Old Dutch	lekan	—
5	Proto-West Germanic	*lekan	—
6	Proto-Germanic	lekaną	To leak; seep; drip
7	Proto-Indo-European	leg-	to leak

Words derived from “leakage”

microleakage
antileakage
endoleakage
inleakage

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