Where does “stevedorage” come from?
stevedorage (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.
stevedorage (English): The fee for loading or unloading a ship's cargo
Definitions
- The fee for loading or unloading a ship's cargo
Ancestry of “stevedorage”, step by step
stevedorage 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 stevedore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stevedore | A dockworker involved in loading and unloading... |
| 2 | Spanish | estibador | docker, dockworker, stevedore UK, longshoreman US, wharfie Australia |
| 3 | Spanish | -ador | Form of -dor attached to -ar verb stems. Forms ... |
| 4 | Spanish | -dor | Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |