Where does “centēsimō” come from?

centēsimō (Latin) comes from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

centēsimō (Latin): to centesimate to select one person in every hundred for a punishment

Definitions

  1. to centesimate to select one person in every hundred for a punishment

Ancestry of “centēsimō”, step by step

centēsimō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin centum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincentuma hundred; 100
2Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
3Proto-Italic*foljom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin centēsimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincentēsimushundredth
2Old Latincesimushundredth

Words derived from “centēsimō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →