-age

Middle English

/-ˈaːdʒ(ə)/

suffix

Definitions

(not productive)

Etymology

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

-age English
*montāre Latin
-agium Latin
-āticum Latin
-age French
montage French
-aje Spanish, Castilian
-age Old French
-age Middle French
-age Old Portuguese
-atge Old Occitan