Where does “prosentuaalisuus” come from?
prosentuaalisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish prosentuaalinen, from Finnish prosentti, from Swedish procent, from German Prozent, from Italian per cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
prosentuaalisuus (Finnish): The quality of being measured in percentage
Definitions
- The quality of being measured in percentage
Ancestry of “prosentuaalisuus”, step by step
prosentuaalisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish prosentuaalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prosentuaalinen | measured in percents, usually translated into... |
| 2 | Finnish | prosentti | A percent |
| 3 | Swedish | procent | percent |
| 4 | German | Prozent | percent |
| 5 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 6 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |