nonagenarian

The story

1. French · derived fromnonagénaire
2. Latin · derived fromnōnāgēnārius“containing ninety”
3. English todaynonagenarian

From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French nonagénaire, from nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”).

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