Where does “vicenarian” come from?

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

vicenarian (English): A person whose age is between twenty and...

Definitions

  1. A person whose age is between twenty and...

Ancestry of “vicenarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvicenaryOf or pertaining to twenty
2Latinvicenārius—
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin vicenārius →