lodge

B1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /lɑd͡ʒ/ UK /lɒd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6092

Meanings

1

verb
To become stuck firmly in a particular position.

The bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.
2

verb
To formally make a complaint or claim to an authority.

She lodged a complaint with the police about the noise.
3

verb
To stay somewhere as a guest, usually paying rent.

Sherlock Holmes lodged in a flat on Baker Street.
4

noun
A small house or hut, often at the entrance to a larger property.

The gardener lived in a small lodge by the gate.

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3 verb · to stay somewhere as a... quarter sojourn stay

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Forms lodgedlodges

Derived forms flodgelodgefullodgehouselodgekeeperlodgementlodgepolelodger lodgingmislodgeplodgerelodgeunlodge

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Frankish *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“arbour, covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.

*lewbʰ- (cut off) Proto-Indo-European logge Middle English loge Old French

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# lodge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /lɑd͡ʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /lɒd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 6092

## Meanings
1. To become stuck firmly in a particular position.
2. To formally make a complaint or claim to an authority.
3. To stay somewhere as a guest, usually paying rent.
4. A small house or hut, often at the entrance to a larger property.

## Examples
- The bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.
- She lodged a complaint with the police about the noise.
- Sherlock Holmes lodged in a flat on Baker Street.
- The gardener lived in a small lodge by the gate.

## Derived Forms
- flodge
- lodgeful
- lodgehouse
- lodgekeeper
- lodgement
- lodgepole
- lodger
- lodging
- mislodge
- plodge
- relodge
- unlodge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *lewbʰ- (cut off)
- Root: logge
- Root: loge

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Frankish *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“arbour, covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.

## AI Etymology
Lodge comes from Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“arbour, covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby. In present-day English its meanings include to become stuck firmly in a particular position, to formally make a complaint or claim to an authority, and to stay somewhere as a guest, usually paying rent. The historical chain runs through *lewbʰ- (cut off) (Proto-Indo-European), logge (Middle English), and loge (Old French). Related and derived forms include flodge, lodgeful, and lodgehouse.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes

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