Where does “hundredsome” come from?
hundredsome (English) comes from English hundred, from Middle English hundred, 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.
hundredsome (English): Approximately one hundred; a hundred odd
Definitions
- Approximately one hundred; a hundred odd
Ancestry of “hundredsome”, 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 |