Where does “sewerage” come from?
Sewerage comes from English sewer, from English sew, from Chinese 兒, from Latin -aticum, from Latin -are, from Latin -arius, from Latin securus meaning free from care or danger.
sewerage (English): A sewer system; Misspelling of sewage
Definitions
- A sewer system; Misspelling of sewage
Ancestry of “sewerage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 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 | — |