Where does “sen” come from?

sen (Louisiana Creole) comes from French cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.

sen (Louisiana Creole): hundred

Definitions

  1. hundred

Ancestry of “sen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcenthundred; cent
2EnglishcentA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of...
3Middle Englishcent
4Old Frenchcentone hundred
5Latincentuma hundred; 100
6Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
7Proto-Italic*foljom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-