-age
collection, condition, or result of
French · -age (from Latin -aticum)
Forms nouns naming a collection, a state, an amount, or the result of an action: pack + age = package, mile + age = mileage. It is usually pronounced "ij" and unstressed.
Memory trick
-age is a luggage tag: it bundles things into one group or one result.
Words from this root
- package (pack + age) — a parcel of things wrapped togetherपैकेट
- baggage (bagg + age) — bags and cases for a journeyसामान
- village (vill + age) — a small group of housesगाँव
- message (mess + age) — a piece of news sentसंदेश
- voyage (voy + age) — a long journey, often by seaसमुद्री यात्रा
- courage (cour + age) — the ability to face fearसाहस
- damage (dam + age) — harm done to somethingनुकसान
- marriage (marri + age) — the state of being marriedशादी
- storage (stor + age) — keeping things in a placeभंडारण
- usage (us + age) — the way something is usedउपयोग
- passage (pass + age) — a way through, or a text extractरास्ता, गद्यांश
- percentage (percent + age) — a part out of one hundredप्रतिशत