Where does “matelotage” come from?
matelotage (English) comes from French matelotage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
matelotage (English): A social practice of same-sex civil union among seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries
Definitions
- A social practice of same-sex civil union among seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries
Ancestry of “matelotage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | matelotage | seamanship |
| 2 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 3 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -āticum | — |