Where does “centième” come from?

centième (French) comes from Middle French centiesme, from Old French centesme, from Latin centēsimus, from Old Latin cesimus — hundredth.

centième (French): hundredth

Definitions

  1. hundredth

Ancestry of “centième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcentiesmehundredth
2Old Frenchcentesme—
3Latincentēsimushundredth
4Old Latincesimushundredth

Words derived from “centième”

Every word from Old Latin cesimus →Every word from Latin centēsimus →Every word from Old French centesme →