Chantage etymology

French

French word chantage comes from French chanter (To crow. To sing.), French -age

Detailed word origin of chantage

Dictionary entry Language Definition
chanter French (fr) To crow. To sing.
-age French (fr) (rare) Forming collective nouns.. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
chantage French (fr) Blackmail, shakedown (threat to obtain some advantage).

Words with the same origin as chantage

Descendants of -age

courage maquillage nuage