Where does “clétage” come from?
clétage (French) comes from French âge, from Middle French âge, from Old French aige, from Old French edage, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin aetaticum, from Latin aetās, from Latin aevitās — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
clétage (French): keywork collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys
Definitions
- keywork collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys
Ancestry of “clétage”, step by step
clétage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French âge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | âge | age |
| 2 | Middle French | âge | — |
| 3 | Old French | aige | Alternative form of aage |
| 4 | Old French | edage | Alternative form of aage |
| 5 | Old French | aage | age |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 7 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 8 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |