Where does “pocento” come from?

pocento (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

pocento (Esperanto): percent

Definitions

  1. percent

Ancestry of “pocento”, step by step

pocento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto cent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantocenthundred
2Latincentuma hundred; 100
3Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
4Proto-Italic*foljom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Esperanto po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopoeach, apiece, at, @; The name of the Latin-script...
2RussianПОsoftware
3Old East Slavicпоon, along, by
4Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
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