Where does “usage” come from?

usage (Old French) comes from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

usage (Old French): usage; use; habit; custom

Definitions

  1. usage; use; habit; custom

Ancestry of “usage”, step by step

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

Words derived from “usage”

Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from Old Occitan -atge →