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Where does “voidage” come from?

voidage (English) comes from English void, from English voidee, from English voider, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.

voidage (English): The relative amount of space left between objects...

Definitions

  1. The relative amount of space left between objects...

Ancestry of “voidage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvoidContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or...
2EnglishvoideeA cup of wine drunk with spices or other small...
3EnglishvoiderOne who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates,...
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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