Etymology: < Anglo-Norman homaige, humage, Anglo-Norman and Old French omage, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French homage, Anglo-Norman and Middle French hommage, hommaige, ommage, Old French omaige, ommaige, Middle French umaige (French hommage ) formal and public acknowledgement of allegiance between a vassal and a superior (c1160, although earlier currency is suggested by post-classical Latin homagium : see below), acknowledgement of superiority in respect of rank, worth, beauty, or some other quality (c1165, earliest with reference to a woman), service rendered or payment made by a vassal (1214) < Anglo-Norman and Old French home , homme , ome , etc. (see homme n.) + -age -age suffix; compare post-classical Latin hominaticum formal and public acknowledgement of allegiance (11th cent.; < classical Latin homin- , homō homo n.¹ + post-classical Latin -aticum -age suffix; > Old French hommanage , homenaige , omenaige , omenage , Old French, Middle French homenage , Middle French hommenage (12th cent.)). Compare also post-classical Latin homagium formal and public acknowledgement of allegiance (frequently from 1086 in British sources), area or persons owing homage to a particular lord (frequently from 1135 in British sources), payment in lieu of homage (frequently from c1190 in British sources), body of tenants at a manorial court (frequently from 1318 in British sources; < French, although this is apparently first attested later). Compare Old Occitan homenatge , omatge , Catalan homenatge (14th cent.), Spanish homenaje (end of the 12th cent. as †omenage , first half of the 13th cent. as †homenage ), Portuguese homenagem (14th cent.), Italian omaggio (13th cent.), also Middle Dutch homage . Compare homagy n.In to do homage, to make homage after Anglo-Norman and Old French faire homage (second half of the 12th cent.; Middle French, French faire hommage ). In to render homage after Anglo-Norman and Middle French rendre homage (mid 15th cent. or earlier; French rendre hommage ). In to have homage after Anglo-Norman aveir homage, Middle French avoir homage (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier). With the form umage compare post-classical Latin humagium (from 12th cent. in British sources as an occasional variant). The word largely superseded the native formation manred n. Sense 3b may partly show a reborrowing of French hommage, which shows similar extended or metaphorical uses in the arts. A perception of such reborrowing is reflected by the pronunciation Brit. /ɒˈmɑːʒ/, U.S. /oʊˈmɑʒ/.

Etymology: < homage n. Compare Middle French, French hommager to render homage to (a lord) (15th cent. in Middle French in an isolated attestation, used reflexively, subsequently from 1611).