English

old age

The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.

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    Origin

    From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).

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    • inheritedMiddle Englisholde age
    • surface analysisEnglishold “Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.”
    • surface analysisEnglishage “The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as mea…”

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