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Where does “millage” come from?

millage (English) comes from English -age, from Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

millage (English): A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the...

Definitions

  1. A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the...

Ancestry of “millage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
2Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—
Every word from Latin -āticum →