English
fathomage
From fathom + -age.
Formed from fathom + -age
Proto-Indo-European *pet- ‘to spread out’
Proto-Germanic *faþmaz ‘outstretched arms, embrace’
Proto-West Germanic *faþm ‘outstretched arms, embrace’
Old English fæþm ‘encircling or outstretched arms, bosom, embrace’
Middle English fathome ‘unit of length of about six feet’
English fathom
Today it means
noun The amount of money paid to a miner based on fathoms of material worked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fathomage