Where does “-agem” come from?

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

-agem (Portuguese): Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the...

Definitions

  1. Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the...

Ancestry of “-agem”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-agem”

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