octogenarian

The story

1. Latin · derived fromoctōgēnus“80 each”
2. French · derived fromoctogénaire
3. Latin · borrowed fromoctōgēnārius
4. English todayoctogenarian

From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”).

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