Where does “porsiyento” come from?

porsiyento (Cebuano) comes from Spanish por ciento, from Latin per centum — for every hundred; by one hundred.

porsiyento (Cebuano): percent

Definitions

  1. percent

Ancestry of “porsiyento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpor cientopercent
2Latinper centumfor every hundred; by one hundred
Every word from Latin per centum →Every word from Spanish por ciento →
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