Etymograph

English

fiftysomething

From fifty + -something.

A compound of fifty + -something

Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz ‘five tens’

Old English fīftiġ

Middle English fifty

English fifty

Today it means

num An indeterminate value between 50 (inclusive) and 60 (exclusive).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fiftysomething