-age

Morpheme

-age

Type

suffix

Denotation

forms nouns denoting an act, process, function, condition

Etymology

Old French and French -age; Late Latin -aticum

Evidence

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

Homographs

Age, Age