amperage (n.)

strength of an electric current, 1889, from ampere on model of voltage; see -age.

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1881, "the current that one volt can send through a resistance of one ohm," from French ampère, named for French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836). Adopted by the Electric Congress at Paris in 1881. Shortened form amp is attested from 1886.

voltage (n.)

"electromotive force reckoned in volts," 1882, from volt + -age.

-age

word-forming element in nouns of act, process, function, condition, from Old French and French -age, from Late Latin -aticum "belonging to, related to," originally neuter adjectival suffix, from PIE *-at- (source of Latin -atus, past participle suffix of verbs of the first conjugation) + *-(i)ko-, secondary suffix forming adjectives (see -ic).

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amperage (n.)

the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes;

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