nonagenarian的词源

英文词源

nonagenarian (n.)

1776, coined in English with -an + Latin nonagenarius "containing ninety" (in Late Latin "someone ninety years old"), from nonagen "ninety each," related to nonaginta "the number ninety," from nonus "ninth" (see nones) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1893.

中文词源

nonagenarian：九十多岁的人

来自拉丁语nonagen,九十，来自nonus,九，词源同nine,-gen,十，词源同ten,dean,字母d,g音变。

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