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Help[Facts] Paige
Is the meaning page (as in servant) correct or could it also come from the word page (meaning page in a book)? Just wondering if it has that origin as well because I dislike the servant meaning.
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I would imagine it's correct to say it comes from the term for the servant boy. Looking up the origins of both definitions of page, the book page says "Origin: 1580–90; < Middle French < Latin pāgina column of writing, akin to pangere to fix, make fast," and the servant boy just says: "Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Old French < ?" ...so they don't seem to be etymologically linked words.
ETA: Oh, I clicked on Paige and it fills in the ? for me right here on BtN. :)
Originally the term page was used to refer to the assistant of a squire, who was an assistant to a knight, rather than the boy servant that most people think of now. I don't know if that helps you or not. :) If you spelled it Page, who's to say you aren't referring to the paper in a book, anyway?
ETA: Oh, I clicked on Paige and it fills in the ? for me right here on BtN. :)
Originally the term page was used to refer to the assistant of a squire, who was an assistant to a knight, rather than the boy servant that most people think of now. I don't know if that helps you or not. :) If you spelled it Page, who's to say you aren't referring to the paper in a book, anyway?
This message was edited 11/3/2011, 9:49 AM
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Thanks!
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