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Where does “quadragenarian” come from?

quadragenarian (English) comes from French quadragénaire, from Latin quadragenarius, from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

quadragenarian (English): between the ages of 40 and 49; in one's fifth...

Definitions

  1. between the ages of 40 and 49; in one's fifth...

Ancestry of “quadragenarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquadragénaire—
2Latinquadragenariusnumber forty; forty-year-old
3Latinquadrāgēnus—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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