sexagenarian

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsexāgēnus“60 each”
2. French · derived fromsexagénaire
3. Latin · borrowed fromsexāgēnārius“containing 60”
4. English todaysexagenarian

From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”).

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