Where does “septuagenary” come from?
septuagenary (English) comes from Latin septuagenarius, from Latin septuāgēnus, from Latin septuāgintā, from Latin septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt — seven-ten.
septuagenary (English): Consisting of seventy; Seventy years old; A...
Definitions
- Consisting of seventy; Seventy years old; A...
Ancestry of “septuagenary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | septuagenarius | septuagenarian, of or relating to the number... |
| 2 | Latin | septuāgēnus | seventy each; seventy at a time |
| 3 | Latin | septuāgintā | — |
| 4 | Latin | septmāginta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | septm̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | septḿ̥-dḱomt | seven-ten |