Where does “tillage” come from?

Tillage comes from English till, Old French -age, Latin -aticum, and Proto-Indo-European roots ád and -kos, ultimately meaning the action or process of preparing land for cultivation.

tillage (English): The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing...

Definitions

  1. The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing...

Ancestry of “tillage”, 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—

Words derived from “tillage”

Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from English -age →