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 Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-ItalicForms 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 -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from Old French