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- Latin · derived fromnōnāgēnī“90 each”
- Middle French · borrowed fromnonagénaire
- Latin · borrowed fromnōnāgēnārius“containing 90”
- English todaynonagenary
From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing 90”) either directly or via Middle French nonagénaire, from Latin nōnāgēnī (“90 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāgintā (“nine tens, 90”).
Words from the same roots
Latinnōnāgēnārius all →
nonagenarian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.