English
aeger
Aeger comes from Latin aeger ‘sick’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaeger‘sick’
- Englishearliest quotation 1870same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaeger‘sick’
- Englishearliest quotation 1870same form
Earliest quotation: 1870, The Nemesis: “Dick laughed. 'I'll get the receipt from him. I…”
Every English word from Latin aeger
Today it means
adj Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin aeger / aeger