Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “perage” come from?

perage (Middle English) comes from Old French parage, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

perage (Middle English): Alternative form of parage

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of parage

Ancestry of “perage”, step by step

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

Words derived from “perage”

  • peerage
Every word from Latin -āticum →