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English word baggage comes from Old French -age, Old French bague, and later Old French bagage (Baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one).)
-age (Old French)
Forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'. Forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'.
bague (Old French)
bagage (Old French)
Baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one).
bagage (Middle English)
Baggage; luggage.
baggage (English)
(military, countable, and, uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.. (obsolete, countable, pejorative) A woman.. (uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.. (usually, uncountable) Luggage; traveling equipment.