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- Latin · derived fromvīcēnārius
- English todayvicenary
From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary.
Words from the same roots
Latinvīcēnārius all →
vicenarianvicenarious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.