Where does “pewage” come from?
pewage (English) comes from English age, from Middle English age, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin aetaticum, from Latin aetās, from Latin aevitās, from Proto-Italic aiwotāts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyu- — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
pewage (English): A fee paid for the use of a church pew
Definitions
- A fee paid for the use of a church pew
Ancestry of “pewage”, step by step
pewage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via English Pew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pew | One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel |
| 2 | Welsh | ap | A patronymic indicator; son of |
| 3 | Welsh | fab | Soft mutation of mab |
| 4 | Welsh | mab | boy, son, infant, child of either sex, minor, youth |
| 5 | Old Welsh | map | son |
| 6 | Proto-Brythonic | mab | son |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | makʷos | son |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ḱwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ḱ- | to raise, increase; long |