Where does “퍼센트” come from?
퍼센트 (Korean) comes from English percent, from Italian percento, from New Latin per centum — by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred.
퍼센트 (Korean): percent
Ancestry of “퍼센트”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | percent | For every hundred; A percentage, a proportion;... |
| 2 | Italian | percento | percent |
| 3 | New Latin | per centum | by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred |