The story
- Latin · derived fromherba“grass”
- Early Medieval Latin · derived fromherbāticum
- Old French · derived fromerbage
- Middle English · inherited fromherbage
- English todayherbage
From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb + -age.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.