-age
English
/ɪdʒ/, /ɑʒ/, /eɪdʒ/
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -age borrowed from Old French -age (-age) derived from Latin -āticum (suffix forming a noun indicating a state of being resulting from an action).
Origin
Latin
-āticum
Gloss
suffix forming a noun indicating a state of being resulting from an action
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *montāre Latin
- -agium Latin
- -āticum Latin
- -age Dutch, Flemish
- -age French
- aglacissage French
- aneigissage French
- montage French
- -aje Spanish, Castilian
- -agem Portuguese
- -age Middle English
- -age Old French
- -aj Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -age Middle French
- -age Old Portuguese
- -atge Old Occitan
- -aasch Low German