The story
- Latin · borrowed fromvīcennālia
- English todayvicennalia
From Latin vīcennālia, from vīcennium (“20-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from vicennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from vīciēs (“twenty each”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to vicennium + -alia.
Words from the same roots
Latinvīcennālia all →
vicennals
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.