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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 Frenchcentiesme—
2Old Frenchcentesme—
3Latincentēsimus—
4Old Latincesimushundredth

Words derived from “centième”

  • centièmement
Every word from Old Latin cesimus →