English
gateage
gate + -age
Formed from gate + -age
Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’
Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’
Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’
Middle English gate ‘gate’
English gate
Today it means
noun Money paid to a person being released from prison, to help them begin life in the outside world.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gateage