English
dosage
Dosage comes from French dose.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdose
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdosage
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdose
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdosage
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from French dose
Today it means
noun The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French dose / dosage