Where does “Zehncentmünze” come from?
Zehncentmünze (German) comes from German Cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
Zehncentmünze (German): ten-cent coin
Definitions
- ten-cent coin
Ancestry of “Zehncentmünze”, step by step
Zehncentmünze traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Cent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Cent | cent, the smaller unit of the euro; cent |
| 2 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 3 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 4 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Münze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Münze | money, "in its senses as"; mint; obsolete form of... |
| 2 | Old High German | muniz | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | munit | coin |
| 4 | Latin | Monēta | — |
| 5 | Latin | moneō | to warn, to advise |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | to cause to think, make think |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |