quinquagenarian

The story

1. Latin · derived fromquīnquāgēnus“50 each”
2. French · derived fromquinquagénaire
3. Latin · derived fromquinquāgēnārius“containing 50”
4. English todayquinquagenarian

From Latin quinquāgēnārius (“containing 50”) + -an, either directly or via French quinquagénaire, from Latin quīnquāgēnus (“50 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from quīnquāgintā (“five tens, fifty”). Cognate with quinquagenary.

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