bandage
BAN-dij · noun
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Origin
English borrowed "bandage" whole from French. The French word itself was built from "bande," meaning a strip or band, plus the suffix "-age," which turns a thing into the act or result of using it.
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Related words
The "-age" ending traces back through Old and Middle French to Latin "-aticum," the same suffix family that shaped many other English words ending in "-age."