myEtymology.com: English etymology of orphanage

Etymology of the English word orphanage

the English word orphanage

derived from the English word orphan

derived from the Latin word orphanus (orphan)

derived from the Greek word orphanos, ὀρφανός (bereaved ('orphan'); parentless)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *orbh-

using the English suffix -age

derived from the French suffix -age

derived from the Vulgar Latin suffix -aticum

derived from the Latin suffix -aticus

derived from the Latin suffix -icus

derived from the Greek suffix -ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος

derived from the Latin suffix -at