Where does “ronage” come from?

ronage (Middle English) comes from Old French arrumage, from Old French arrumer, from Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

ronage (Middle English): Accommodation or arrangement of cargo in a ship, stowage

Definitions

  1. Accommodation or arrangement of cargo in a ship, stowage

Ancestry of “ronage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencharrumage—
2Old Frencharrumerto arrange the cargo in the hold
3Middle Dutchruum—
4Old Dutchrūmroomy, spacious
5Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
6Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “ronage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →