hectarage etymology

English word hectarage comes from English -age, English hectare

Detailed word origin of hectarage

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-age English (eng) Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.. Forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee. Forming nouns indicating a place. Forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result. Forming nouns indicating a rate. Forming nouns of a state or relationship.
hectare English (eng) A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
hectarage English (eng) An extent or area of land measured in hectares.. Size, as measured in hectares.

Words with the same origin as hectarage

Descendants of -age
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Descendants of hectare
decare hectacre