octogenarian的词源

英文词源

octogenarian (n.)

1789, with -an + French octogénaire "aged 80," from Latin octogenarius "containing eighty," from octogeni "eighty each," related to octoginta "eighty," from octo "eight" (see eight) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1784.

中文词源

octogenarian：八旬老人

octa-,八，-gen,十，词源同ten,dean,nonagenarian.即八十多岁的人，八旬老人。

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