Where does “badinage” come from?
badinage (French) comes from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
badinage (French): joke; gag; wind-up; a trivial, simple task
Definitions
- joke; gag; wind-up; a trivial, simple task
Ancestry of “badinage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 2 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |
Words derived from “badinage”