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

  1. A sewer system; Misspelling of sewage

Ancestry of “sewerage”, 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 -āticumEvery word from Old French -ageEvery word from English -age
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