Where does “centifidous” come from?
centifidous (English) comes from Latin centifidus, from Latin centi-, 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-.
centifidous (English): Divided into a hundred parts
Definitions
- Divided into a hundred parts
Ancestry of “centifidous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | centifidus | centifidous, divided into 100 parts |
| 2 | Latin | centi- | one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one... |
| 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- | — |