Where does “hundred” come from?
hundred (Middle English) comes from Old English hundred, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
Ancestry of “hundred”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | hundred | hundred |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |
Words derived from “hundred”