Where does “hundredman” come from?
hundredman (English) comes from Old English hundredmann, from Old English hundred, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
hundredman (English): One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred ; a...
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- One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred ; a...
Ancestry of “hundredman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | hundredmann | — |
| 2 | Old English | hundred | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |