Where does “centum” come from?
Centum comes from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ meaning ten.
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Ancestry of “centum”, step by step
centum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit शतक
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | शतक | a hundred, a century |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शत | hundred, used with numerals thus; any very large... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वत्सर | year |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वत्स | a calf; the young of any animal, offspring,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | watsás | yearling calf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wots-ó-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wétos | year |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wet- | year; year-old |
via Latin centum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |