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
- The amount, number or rate of something, regarded...
Ancestry of “percentage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |
Words derived from “percentage”