Where does “centire” come from?
centire (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian centi, from Hungarian centiméter, from Hungarian méter, from German Meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
centire (Hungarian): sublative singular of centi
Definitions
- sublative singular of centi
Ancestry of “centire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | centi | centimeter; tape measure |
| 2 | Hungarian | centiméter | centimetre , centimeter; tape measure |
| 3 | Hungarian | méter | meter |
| 4 | German | Meter | meter |
| 5 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 6 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |