âge

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See also: age, Age, Agë, Åge, -age, and âgé

French

Etymology

From Middle French âge, from Old French aage, aige, eage, from earlier edage. This either stems from a Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetās, or from Old French , (itself from Latin aetātem) + the suffix -age. The Latin aetās derives from a syncope of an earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy), from *h₂ey-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʒ/ ~ /ɑʒ/, /aʒ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑʒ
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Noun

âge m (plural âges)

  1. age

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