verb/ʒo.ʒe/
to sound (measure); to gauge by sounding
From Middle French jauger, from Old French jaugier, from jauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”); see also jauge. More at gauge.