Where does “hundredfold” come from?
Hundredfold comes from Middle English hundredfald, meaning a hundred times over or a hundred-fold increase.
hundredfold (English): Multiplied by a hundred; By a factor of one...
Definitions
- Multiplied by a hundred; By a factor of one...
Ancestry of “hundredfold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hundred | A numerical value equal to 100 , occurring after... |
| 2 | Middle English | hundred | — |
| 3 | Old English | hundred | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |