Where does “centenier” come from?
centenier (English) comes from French centenier, from Latin centenarius, from Greek καντάρι, from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium.
centenier (English): A centurion; A policeman
Ancestry of “centenier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | centenier | centurion |
| 2 | Latin | centenarius | containing a hundred; hundredfold |
| 3 | Greek | καντάρι | — |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطار | kantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal |
| 5 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 6 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 7 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 8 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 9 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 10 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |