Etymograph

English

Paige

Paige comes from Old French page, and goes back to Late Latin pagius ‘servant’.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpagius‘servant’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pageby way of Old Italian paggio
  3. EnglishtodayPaige

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpagius‘servant’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pageby way of Old Italian paggio
  3. EnglishtodayPaige

The story

Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (‘servant’), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (‘countryside’), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

Linked words

through Ancient Greek παῖς ‘child’

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Today it means

name A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Late Latin pagius / Paige

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