Sewage

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mid 19th century: from sewer1, by substitution of the suffix -age.


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From sewer(“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) +‎ -age or from sew(“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.


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sewage (n.)

1818, from sew (v.) "to drain, draw off water" (late 15c., from sewer (n.1)) + -age.