-age

suffix

/ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic.

derived from -āticum
derived from -age
inherited from -age

Definitions

1
Forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection.
- word + -age → wordage
2
Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result.
- block + -age → blockage
- marry + -age → marriage
- slip + -age → slippage
3
Forming nouns of a relationship or state.
- bond + -age → bondage
- marry + -age → marriage
- parent + -age → parentage
›+ 4 more definitionsshow fewer
1. 4
  Forming nouns indicating a place.
  - orphan + -age → orphanage
  - hermit + -age → hermitage
2. 5
  Forming nouns indicating a charge, fee, or toll.
  - post + -age → postage
  - broker + -age → brokerage
  - cork + -age → corkage
3. 6
  Forming nouns indicating a rate.
  - percent + -age → percentage
  - mile + -age → mileage
4. 7
  Forming nouns of a unit of measure.
  - volt + -age → voltage
  - foot + -age → footage
  - tonne + -age → tonnage

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -age. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA