Where does “Prozent” come from?
Prozent (German) comes from Italian per 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Prozent (German): percent
Definitions
- percent
Ancestry of “Prozent”, step by step
Prozent traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian per cento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 2 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Latin per centum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | per centum | for every hundred; by one hundred |
via New Latin per centum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | per centum | by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred |