Where does “cincocentos” come from?
cincocentos (Galician) comes from Galician cento, from Old Portuguese cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
cincocentos (Galician): five hundred; 500
Definitions
- five hundred; 500
Ancestry of “cincocentos”, step by step
cincocentos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician cento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cento | combining form of cen |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cento | — |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |