# old age

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
2. A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.

## Etymology
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”)).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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