Where does “tres-centè” come from?
tres-centè (Catalan) comes from Catalan centè, from Latin centenus, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
tres-centè (Catalan): three-hundredth
Definitions
- three-hundredth
Ancestry of “tres-centè”, step by step
tres-centè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan centè
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | centè | hundredth |
| 2 | Latin | centenus | one hundred |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |