rage

rage · noun¹

1. Latinrabiō
2. Classical Latinrabiēs
3. Late Latinrabia
4. Anglo-Normanrage
5. Middle Englishrage
6. English todayrage

From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).

rage · verb²

1. Old French · derived fromrager
2. Middle English · inherited fromragen
3. English todayrage

From Middle English ragen, from Old French rager, ragier, from the noun (see above). Displaced native Middle English weden (“to rage with anger”), from Old English wēdan (“to rage”), and Old English iersian, among other synonyms.

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