age

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   How many years someone or something has lived or existed.

   She started reading at the age of four.

2. 2
   noun

   A particular period of history with its own special features.

   We live in the age of the internet.

3. 3
   noun

   A very long time.

   We've known each other for ages.

4. 4
   verb

   To grow old or become older.

   He has aged a lot since I last saw him.

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Simplified etymology

Age entered Middle English through French from Latin aetas, which covered much the same range of meanings as the modern English word. Aetas derives from Latin aevum, ‘time’, also the ultimate source of eternal and primeval.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Italic *aiwom Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Proto-Italic *aiwotāts Vulgar Latin aetās Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Vulgar Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin -āticus Vulgar Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *aetāticum Old French eagebor. Middle English age English age From Middle English age, Old French aage…

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