Where does “ewage” come from?

ewage (Old French) comes from Latin aquaticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ewage (Old French): waterway; channel

Definitions

  1. waterway; channel

Ancestry of “ewage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquaticuswater; aquatic; rainy; watery
2Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ewage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin -aticus →