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