Where does “phă-siàn-tò͘” come from?
phă-siàn-tò͘ (Hokkien) comes from Japanese パーセント, from English percent, from Italian percento, from New Latin per centum — by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred.
phă-siàn-tò͘ (Hokkien): percent
Definitions
- percent
Ancestry of “phă-siàn-tò͘”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | パーセント | percent |
| 2 | English | percent | For every hundred; A percentage, a proportion;... |
| 3 | Italian | percento | percent |
| 4 | New Latin | per centum | by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred |