Where does “sen” come from?
Sen derives from Japanese 銭, which comes from Proto-Tai selᶜ, Old English self, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European s(w)e-, originally meaning "self."
sen (English): A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth...
Definitions
- A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth...
Ancestry of “sen”, step by step
sen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian sen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sen | cent; Nonstandard form of sein |
| 2 | Dutch | cent | cent, a subunit of currency equal to... |
| 3 | French | centime | centime (hundredth of a franc, coin) |
| 4 | French | cent | hundred; cent |
| 5 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 6 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 7 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 8 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 9 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |