## Meanings
1. The money a worker is paid for their work, usually by the hour or week.
2. To carry on a war, battle, or campaign over a period of time.

## Examples
- Before her promotion, her wages were 20% lower.
- The dictator waged war against his neighbours.

## Derived Forms
- wager

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wedʰ-
- Root: wage
- Root: gauge
- Root: wadium
- Root: *wadi
- Root: *wadją

## Etymology
From Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed.

## AI Etymology
Wage is from Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed. In present-day use, it can mean the money a worker is paid for their work, usually by the hour or week, or to carry on a war, battle, or campaign over a period of time.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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