Where does “battage” come from?

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

battage (French): hype, publicity

Definitions

  1. hype, publicity

Ancestry of “battage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
2Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “battage”

Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from French -age →Every word from Old French -age →