-age

Morpheme

-age

Type

suffix

Denotation

(1) noun suffix denoting an action, result, or state; (2) collective noun suffix

Etymology

French and Old French -age; Latin -āticum, from -āticus, from -ātus +‎ -icus

Evidence

baggage, blockage, boarding, brokerage, camouflage, carriage, cottage, courage, dosage, dowage, hermitage, lineage, language, marriage, mirage, orphanage, parentage, postage, shrinkage, slippage, stage, steerage, voltage, wordage

See Also

-agium

Homographs

Age, Age