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Where does “quadragēna” come from?

quadragēna (Late Latin) comes from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Ancestry of “quadragēna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquadrāgēnus—
2Latin-ārius—
3Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →