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Where does “arrérages” come from?

arrérages (French) comes from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

arrérages (French): arrears

Definitions

  1. arrears

Ancestry of “arrérages”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
2Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
3Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “arrérages”

  • arrérager
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