Where does “percento” come from?
percento (Italian) comes from New Latin per centum — by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred.
percento (Italian): percent
Ancestry of “percento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | New Latin | per centum | by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred |
Words derived from “percento”