Where does “quadragēna” come from?

quadragēna (Late Latin) comes from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “quadragēna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquadrāgēnusforty each; forty at a time
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “quadragēna”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin quadrāgēnus →