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