Where does “centenier” come from?
centenier (French) comes from Latin centenarius, from Greek καντάρι, from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum.
centenier (French): centurion
Definitions
- centurion
Ancestry of “centenier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | centenarius | containing a hundred; hundredfold |
| 2 | Greek | καντάρι | kantar, quintal (weight unit equal to 44 okas (οκάδες), in Greece equal to 56.4 kilograms) |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطار | kantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal |
| 4 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 5 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 6 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 7 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 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- | — |