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