Where does “percent” come from?
percent (French) comes from French percer, from Old French percier, from Latin pertusiāre, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere, from Latin pertundo, from Latin tundo, from Proto-Italic tundō — to praise, laud.
percent (French): third-person plural present indicative of percer;...
Definitions
- third-person plural present indicative of percer;...
Ancestry of “percent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | percer | to pierce; to unravel, see through |
| 2 | Old French | percier | to pierce |
| 3 | Latin | pertusiāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 5 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 7 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |