Etymology

fiftyish

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Today it means: Approximately fifty, particularly around fifty years old. Full definition →

English fifty ← Middle English fifty ← Old English fīftiġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-Germanic*tigiwiz
  4. Proto-Germanic*fimf tigiwiz
  5. Old Englishfīftiġ
  6. Middle Englishfifty
  7. Englishfifty
  8. English todayfiftyish

From fifty + -ish.

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