homage

The story

1. Latin · derived fromhomō“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromhomināticum“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”
3. Old French · derived fromhomage
4. Middle English · inherited fromhomage
5. English todayhomage

From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.

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