hermitage

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐρημίτης“hermit”
2. Latin · derived fromerēmīta
3. Old French · derived fromermitage
4. Middle English · inherited fromhermytage
5. English todayhermitage

From Middle English hermytage, ermitage, from Old French ermitage, hermitaige, from Latin erēmīta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “hermit”). By surface analysis, hermit + -age.

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