Where does “peerage” come from?
Peerage derives from Middle English perage, a noun formed from peers with the suffix -age to denote the rank, dignity, or collective body of peers.
peerage (English): Peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy; The...
Definitions
- Peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy; The...
Ancestry of “peerage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | perage | Alternative form of parage |
| 2 | Old French | parage | parage (social rank) |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |
Words derived from “peerage”