French word étage comes from Old French -age, Old French ester (To be. To stay; to remain.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-age | Old French (fro) | Forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'. Forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'. |
ester | Old French (fro) | To be. To stay; to remain. |
étage | French (fr) | (building) floor, storey. (climatology) zone. (geology) stage, division of a geological period. (oceanography) floor in ocean and sea. (rocketry) stage. |