Where does “hundredth” come from?
Hundredth comes from Middle English -th added to Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm meaning "hundred" with the ordinal suffix -tós.
hundredth (English): The ordinal form of the number one hundred; The...
Definitions
- The ordinal form of the number one hundred; The...
Ancestry of “hundredth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hundred | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “hundredth”