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average¹
- /ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Australia, UK
- /ˈæv.ɚ.ɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- /ˈæv.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Arabic عَوَار (ʕawār)
Proto-Afroasiatic
Proto-Semitic
Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)
Proto-Afroasiatic *-t
Proto-Semitic *-at-
Arabic ـَة (-a)
Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya)
Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya)bor.?
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *haβēō
Latin habēre
Old Italian avére
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old Italian -ìa
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Old Italian avariabor.
Old French avarie
Middle French avarie
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English average
Not entirely certain. The oldest meaning in English is “customs duty”. Borrowed from Middle French avarie (“damage to ship or cargo”), from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria where it is first attested in the 12th century in the context of Mediterranean trade. From there most sources trace it to Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, “to lose an eye”), but the OED gives it a Romance derivation from Italian avere (“property, goods”) or the like.
The English suffix -age was added in analogy to words like damage.
noun averages
- Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.
- The arithmetic mean. The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
- A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. Historically, the courts have allowed a general average claim only where the loss occurred as a result of the ship being in immediate peril.[…]The court awarded the carrier the general average claim. It noted that “a ship′s master should not be discouraged from taking timely action to avert a disast
- Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
- Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
- An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc. batting average
adjective more average · most average · av. · ave. · avg.
- Constituting or relating to the average. The average age of the participants was 18.5.
- Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. I soon found I was only an average chess player.
- Typical. The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
- Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor. The graphics, sound, and most everything else are all very average. However, the main thing that brings this game down are the controls - they feel very clumsy and awkward at times.
verb averages · averaging · averaged
- To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean. If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18.
- Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of. The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
- To divide among a number, according to a given proportion. to average a loss
- To be, generally or on average. Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build […]
average²
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *haβēō
Latin habeō
Old French averder.
Middle English aver
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
Middle English average
English average
From Middle English average, from Medieval Latin averagium, from aver (“horse or other beast of burden, service required from the same”) from Old English eafor (“obligation to carry goods and convey messages for one's lord”) from aferian (“to remove, take away”); + -age.
noun averages
- The feudal service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.
