Where does “arrérager” come from?
arrérager (French) comes from French arrérages, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
arrérager (French): To be in arrears
Ancestry of “arrérager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arrérages | arrears |
| 2 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 3 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -āticum | — |