Etymology

peerage

peer·age
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Today it means: Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy. Full definition →

Middle English perage ← Old French parage
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  1. Old French · derived fromparage
  2. Middle English · inherited fromperage
  3. English todaypeerage

Inherited from Middle English perage, from Old French parage. By surface analysis, peer + -age. Doublet of parage.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchparage all →

parage

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.