Where does “prosentvis” come from?
prosentvis (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk prosent, from German Prozent, from Italian per cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
prosentvis (Norwegian Nynorsk): percentage , percentual, in percentages;...
Definitions
- percentage , percentual, in percentages;...
Ancestry of “prosentvis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | prosent | per cent, or percent |
| 2 | German | Prozent | percent |
| 3 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 4 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |