fifty

Etymology

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”).

num

  1. The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

noun

  1. (countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
    Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?
  2. (cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

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