Where does “quadragenarian” come from?
quadragenarian (English) comes from French quadragénaire, from Latin quadragenarius, from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
quadragenarian (English): between the ages of 40 and 49; in one's fifth...
Definitions
- between the ages of 40 and 49; in one's fifth...
Ancestry of “quadragenarian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quadragénaire | aged between forty and forty-nine |
| 2 | Latin | quadragenarius | number forty; forty-year-old |
| 3 | Latin | quadrāgēnus | forty each; forty at a time |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |