Etymology of the English word shortage
the English word
shortageusing the English suffix
-agederived from the French suffix
-agederived from the Vulgar Latin suffix
-aticumderived from the Latin suffix
-aticusderived from the Latin suffix
-icusderived from the Greek suffix
-ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix
-atderived from the English word
shortderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skurta-Usage
Word found in Modern English