Where does “cien por ciento” come from?
cien por ciento (Spanish) comes from Spanish cien, from Spanish ciento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
cien por ciento (Spanish): To a complete extent; one hundred percent;...
Definitions
- To a complete extent; one hundred percent;...
Ancestry of “cien por ciento”, step by step
cien por ciento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cien | Apocopic form of ciento |
| 2 | Spanish | ciento | one-hundred |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Spanish por ciento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | por ciento | percent |
| 2 | Latin | per centum | for every hundred; by one hundred |