The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromvileināgium
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromvileinage
- Old French · derived fromvilenage
- Middle English · inherited fromvilenage
- English todayvilleinage
From Middle English vilenage, villeinage, villenage, from Old French vilenage, villenage, Anglo-Norman vileinage, villeinage, and Medieval Latin vileināgium, villenāgium. By surface analysis, villein + -age.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.