dowage

== English == === Etymology === From Old French douage, from douer +‎ -age, from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”). By surface analysis, dow +‎ -age. === Noun === dowage (plural dowages) (obsolete) dower; dowry. === References === “dowage”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “dowager”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.