Etymology

wharfage

wharf·age
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Today it means: A dock, quay, or pier. Full definition →

Middle English wharfage ← Old English hweorfan ← Proto-West Germanic *hwerban
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  1. Proto-Germanic*hwerbaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hwerban
  3. Old Englishhweorfan
  4. Middle Englishwharf
  5. Middle Englishwharfage
  6. English todaywharfage

From Middle English wharfage; equivalent to wharf + -age.

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