Where does “centurion” come from?
Centurion comes from Latin centurio, a military officer commanding a unit of centum soldiers, derived from Latin centum meaning "hundred," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm.
centurion (English): An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command...
Definitions
- An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command...
Ancestry of “centurion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | centurio | I divide into groups of one hundred; I arrange... |
| 2 | Latin | centuria | century, "in its senses as"; any similar... |
| 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- | — |