Where does “fiftyfold” come from?

fiftyfold (English) comes from English fold, from Middle English fold, from Old English fald, from Proto-Germanic faludaz — an enclosed space, enclosure.

fiftyfold (English): By a multiple of fifty; by fifty times as much or...

Definitions

  1. By a multiple of fifty; by fifty times as much or...

Ancestry of “fiftyfold”, step by step

fiftyfold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoldTo bend over so that it comes in contact with...
2Middle EnglishfoldA pen, enclosure, or shelter for domesticated animals
3Old Englishfald
4Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure

via English fifty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiftyThe cardinal number occurring after forty-nine...
2Old Englishfīftiġfifty
3Proto-Germanicfimf tigiwizfifty
Every word from Proto-Germanic faludaz