Where does “cinquantaine” come from?

cinquantaine (French) comes from French -aine, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

cinquantaine (French): About 50, 50 or so

Definitions

  1. About 50, 50 or so

Ancestry of “cinquantaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ainefeminine of -ain
2Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
3Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -ana →Every word from Latin -um →