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Where does “εκατοντάδα” come from?

εκατοντάδα (Greek) comes from Greek εκατό, from Byzantine Greek ἑκατό, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν, from Proto-Hellenic hekətón, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

εκατοντάδα (Greek): group of 100

Definitions

  1. group of 100

Ancestry of “εκατοντάδα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekεκατόhundred, 100; hundred; In Greece, the telephone...
2Byzantine Greekἑκατό—
3Ancient Greekἑκατόνhundred
4Proto-Hellenichekətónhundred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
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