Where does “percentile” come from?

percentile (Italian) comes from Italian -ile, from Latin -ile — Forming names of enclosures for animals; more...

percentile (Italian): percentile

Definitions

  1. percentile

Ancestry of “percentile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ileUsed to form nouns indicating locations that host...
2Latin-ileForming names of enclosures for animals; more...
Every word from Latin -ile →