Age Definition
- be over the hill
- go-downhill
- have one foot in the grave
- show one's age
- show one's years
- turn white
- turn gray
- waste-away
- fail
- deteriorate
- wrinkle
- advance in years
- wane
- decline
- grow feeble
- To reach maturity.
- having reached the age when one has full legal rights
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Age
Origin of Age
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From Middle English age, from Anglo-Norman age, from Old French aage, eage (Modern French âge), from assumed unattested Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetātem, accusative form of aetās, from aevum (“lifetime”). Displaced native Middle English elde (“age”) (modern eld; from Old English eldo, ieldo (“age”)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French aage from Vulgar Latin aetāticum from Latin aetās aetāt- age aiw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin -āticum abstract n. suff. from Latin -āticum n. and adj. suff.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
OFr < LL -aticum, belonging to, related to
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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