Re: Latin words

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From: Tiglath
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:24

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"CS" <coredon@clara.net> wrote in message
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> I've come across a large number of Latin words for taxes, all with the
same
> ending.
> For example, ancoragium, arivagium, barragium, pallagium...
> There are many others but these are good examples. Can anyone tell me
about
> the -agium element of these words? What verb does
> it come from?
> Chris

In Classical Latin you have words like pelagium (pelagius, a, um) a neuter
adjective meaning "of , pertaining, or like the sea"  from the Greek
'pelagios,' which are distinct from nouns ending in -agium (adagium,
aquagium, plagium, contagium) in which   -agium is the contraction of 'agi'
the verbal particle derived, if I remember correctly,  from "agere" -- to
do, drive; and 'um' the typical neuter ending.

Additionally, later in France the -atium ending was corrupted to -agium
first and later to -age.  Like in hominaticum (Low Latin), hommagium
(medieval Latin), hommage (Old French).

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