Maquillage etymology

French

French word maquillage comes from French -age, French maquiller

Detailed word origin of maquillage

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-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".
maquiller French (fr) To disguise, cover or apply makeup (to); to dress up, to embellish. To make up (a story, lie, scenario, etc.), to fabricate; to pretend.
maquillage French (fr) Makeup.

Words with the same origin as maquillage

Descendants of -age

chantage courage nuage