Morpheme
-age
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) noun suffix denoting an action, result, or state; (2) collective noun suffix
Etymology
Middle English -age; Old French -age; Latin -āticum, from -āticus, from -ātus + -icus
Evidence
baggage, beverage, blockage, brokerage, camouflage, carriage, cottage, courage, dosage, dowage, hermitage, lineage, language, maritage, marriage, mirage, orphanage, package, parentage, pedage, postage, shrinkage, slippage, stage, steerage, voltage, wordage
See Also
-at(e) [-ate, -at], -atus, -ati, -ata, -atae, -ate, -atum, -ata, -ato, -ati, -atto, -atta, -ad(e) [-ade, -ad], -ado, -ada, -e, -ee, -ee, -agium, -atilis
