quadragenarious

The story

1. Latin · derived fromquadrāgēnus“40 each”
2. French · derived fromquadragénaire
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromquadrāgēnārius“containing 40”
4. English todayquadragenarious

Learned borrowing from Latin quadrāgēnārius (“containing 40”), either directly or via French quadragénaire, from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Doublet of quadragenarian, quadragenary, and quadragene.

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