Where does “gaugen” come from?

gaugen (Middle English) comes from Old French gauger, from Old French gauge, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

gaugen (Middle English): To measure, rule; To formally measure; make a...

Definitions

  1. To measure, rule; To formally measure; make a...

Ancestry of “gaugen”, step by step

gaugen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French gauger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchgaugerAlternative form of jaugier
2Old FrenchgaugeAlternative form of jauge; gauging rod
3Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Old Northern French gauger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchgauger—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Old French -é →