Where does “percentile” come from?
Percentile comes from English percent, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -lós.
percentile (English): Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an...
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- Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an...
Ancestry of “percentile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ile | tending to, or capable of |
| 2 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |