Where does “cent” come from?
cent (Ido) comes from Ido cento, from Esperanto cento, from Esperanto cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
cent (Ido): hundred; cent
Definitions
- hundred; cent
Ancestry of “cent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | cento | cent |
| 2 | Esperanto | cento | hundred, group of one hundred of something |
| 3 | Esperanto | cent | hundred |
| 4 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |