-age

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

Homographs

Age, Age