dommaige

Middle French

Etymology

Old French domaige, one of the variants of damage.

Noun

dommaige m (plural dommaiges)

1. damage (harm done to an object or objects, or more rarely to a person)
2. a shame, a pity
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 40:

     Car ce seroit trop grant dommaige que vous mouriciez mesmement en si vil lieu comme ceulx de ceans vous ont mis.

     It would be too much of a shame if you died in such a vile place such as the one that they've put you here in.

Descendants

• French: dommage