-age

Meanings

1. Forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection.
2. Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result.
3. Forming nouns of a relationship or state.
4. Forming nouns indicating a place.
5. Forming nouns indicating a charge, fee, or toll.
6. Forming nouns indicating a rate.
7. Forming nouns of a unit of measure.

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.