Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “sexagenarian” come from?

sexagenarian (English) comes from Latin sexagenarius, from Latin sexāgēnus, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.

sexagenarian (English): Being between the age of 60 and 69, inclusive. In...

Definitions

  1. Being between the age of 60 and 69, inclusive. In...

Ancestry of “sexagenarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexagenariusof or relating to sixty; sexagenary, sixty years...
2Latinsexāgēnus—
3Latinsexāgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱsḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱs-dḱomtsix-ten

Words derived from “sexagenarian”

  • genarian
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt →