Etymology

fiftysomething

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Today it means: An indeterminate value between 50 (inclusive) and 60 (exclusive). Full definition →

English fifty ← Middle English fifty ← Old English fīftiġ
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  4. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥-t(-s)
  5. Proto-Germanic*tegun(dz)
  6. Proto-Germanic*tigiwiz
  7. Proto-Germanic*fimf tigiwiz
  8. Old Englishfīftiġ
  9. Middle Englishfifty
  10. Englishfifty
  11. English todayfiftysomething

From fifty + -something.

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