Etymograph

English

nonage

Nonage comes from Anglo-Norman nounage.

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400nounage1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1586nonage1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English nonage
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1586, William Warner, The First. Chapter I.: “His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, /…”.

Lineage

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400nounageWiktionary, English nonage
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1586nonageWiktionary, English nonage. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1586, William Warner, The First. Chapter I.: “His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, /…”

Every English word from Anglo-Norman nounage

Today it means

noun The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nonage”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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