-age

 
Syllabification:

suffix

  • forming nouns:
  • 1denoting an action: leverage voyage
  • the product of an action: spillage wreckage
  • a function; a sphere of action: homage peerage
  • 2denoting an aggregate or number of: mileage percentage signage
  • fees payable for; the cost of using: postage tonnage
  • informal denoting a large number of something (typically forming nouns whose plurals are correctly formed with -s): decibelage kissage
  • 3denoting a place or abode: vicarage village

Origin:

from Old French, based on Latin -aticum, neuter form of the adjectival ending -aticus