English

fortypenny

From forty + penny.

A compound of forty + penny

Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz

Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi

Old English fēowertiġ

Middle English fourty

English forty

Middle English peny ‘a penny or other silver coin’

English penny

Today it means

adj Having a value or cost of forty pence.

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

Etymograph / fortypenny