Where does “quadragénaire” come from?
quadragénaire (French) comes from Latin quadragenarius, from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
quadragénaire (French): aged between forty and forty-nine
Definitions
- aged between forty and forty-nine
Ancestry of “quadragénaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadragenarius | number forty; forty-year-old |
| 2 | Latin | quadrāgēnus | forty each; forty at a time |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |