Where does “percent” come from?
Percent comes from New Latin per centum, meaning "by the hundred."
percent (English): For every hundred; A percentage, a proportion;...
Definitions
- For every hundred; A percentage, a proportion;...
Ancestry of “percent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | percento | percent |
| 2 | New Latin | per centum | by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred |
Words derived from “percent”