Where does “pha” come from?
pha (Min Nan) comes from Japanese パーセント, from English percent, from Italian percento, from New Latin per centum — by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred.
pha (Min Nan): percent
Ancestry of “pha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | パーセント | percent |
| 2 | English | percent | For every hundred; A percentage, a proportion;... |
| 3 | Italian | percento | percent |
| 4 | New Latin | per centum | by the hundred; for every hundred; by one hundred |