Etymograph

English

ferriage

From ferry + -age.

A compound of ferry + -age

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Germanic *farjaną ‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’

Proto-West Germanic *farjan ‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’

Old English ferian ‘to take, move, carry’

Middle English ferien ‘to carry, convey’

English ferry

Today it means

noun Transportation by ferry.

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

Etymograph / ferriage