The story
- Latin · derived fromquīnquāgēnus“50 each”
- French · derived fromquinquagene
- Medieval Latin · derived fromQuinquagena
- English todayquinquagene
From the shared title of three works of St. Augustine, Medieval Latin Quinquagena either directly or via French quinquagene, from Latin quīnquāgēnus (“50 each”), distributive form of quīnquāgintā (“50”). Cognate with quinquagent.
Words from the same roots
Latinquīnquāgēnus all →
quinquagenarianquinquagenary
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.