Where does “gage” come from?

gage (Old French) comes from Frankish waddī, from Latin wadium, from Frankish wadi, from Proto-Germanic wadją, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

gage (Old French): wage; payment

Definitions

  1. wage; payment

Ancestry of “gage”, step by step

gage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish waddī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishwaddī—
2Latinwadiumpledge; legal contract; marriage contract
3Frankishwadiwager, stake, pledge
4Proto-Germanicwadjąwager, stake, pledge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

via Medieval Latin wadium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinwadiumpledge, legal contract, wage; pledge; legal...
2Frankishwadjapledge

Words derived from “gage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadją →Every word from Frankish wadi →
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