Where does “quadrāgēnus” come from?

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

quadrāgēnus (Latin): forty each; forty at a time

Definitions

  1. forty each; forty at a time

Ancestry of “quadrāgēnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriuser
2Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “quadrāgēnus

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -ārius