Etymology

of a certain age

Today it means: Middle-aged or older. Full definition →

French d'un certain âge
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · calque ofd'un certain âge
  2. English todayof a certain age

Perhaps a calque of French d'un certain âge.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.