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Word entry · 3 letters

age

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"Period of time"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /eɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aegStarts with AEnds with E12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Length of life; grow older

Word origin

From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“lifetime”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”). Compare French âge. Displaced native Old English ieldu.

Used in a sentence

  • "What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)
  • What were their ages at the time of their marriage?
  • We can determine the age of fossils using radiometric dating.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Period of time3 letters
02Birthday count3 letters
03Birthday number3 letters
04Grow older3 letters
05Number of years3 letters
06Number of years lived3 letters
07Number that rises yearly3 letters
08Time lived3 letters

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