Where does “centesimo” come from?
centesimo (English) comes from Italian centesimo, from Italian cento, 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-.
centesimo (English): A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of...
Definitions
- A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of...
Ancestry of “centesimo”, step by step
centesimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian centesimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | centesimo | hundredth; cent; penny |
| 2 | Italian | cento | 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- | — |
via Spanish centésimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | centésimo | hundredth; cent for the Panamanian balboa and... |