Where does “senathair” come from?
senathair (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish senathair, from Old Irish sén, from Dutch cent, from French centime, from French cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent.
Ancestry of “senathair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | senathair | grandfather |
| 2 | Old Irish | sén | a sign, omen, portent; a favourable sign, a... |
| 3 | Dutch | cent | cent, a subunit of currency equal to... |
| 4 | French | centime | centime (hundredth of a franc, coin) |
| 5 | French | cent | hundred; cent |
| 6 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 7 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 8 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 9 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 10 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |