Where does “centimo” come from?
centimo (English) comes from Portuguese cêntimo, from French centime, from French cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium.
centimo (English): A cent, i.e. 1/100, of certain Iberian and Latin...
Definitions
- A cent, i.e. 1/100, of certain Iberian and Latin...
Ancestry of “centimo”, step by step
centimo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cêntimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cêntimo | cent; eurocent |
| 2 | French | centime | centime (hundredth of a franc, coin) |
| 3 | French | cent | hundred; cent |
| 4 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 5 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 6 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 7 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 8 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Ido cento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | cento | cent |
| 2 | Esperanto | cento | hundred, group of one hundred of something |
| 3 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 7 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 9 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |
via Spanish céntimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | céntimo | A monetary subdivision, equivalent to 1/100 of a... |