Where does “senary” come from?

senary (English) comes from Latin sēnārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

senary (English): Of sixth rank or order; Of, pertaining to, or...

Definitions

  1. Of sixth rank or order; Of, pertaining to, or...

Ancestry of “senary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēnāriuscontaining or consisting of six things
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin sēnārius →