Where does “percentage” come from?

Percentage is from Middle English -age, Old French -age, Latin -aticum, Latin -aticus, Latin -icus, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, a suffix forming nouns denoting a collection or aggregate.

percentage (English): The amount, number or rate of something, regarded...

Definitions

  1. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded...

Ancestry of “percentage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
2Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “percentage”

Every word from Latin -āticum →