Where does “sénti” come from?
sénti (Sundanese) comes from Dutch centimeter, from French centimètre, from French centi-, from Latin centi-, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
sénti (Sundanese): centimetre
Definitions
- centimetre
Ancestry of “sénti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | centimeter | centimetre, one-hundredth of a metre |
| 2 | French | centimètre | centimetre |
| 3 | French | centi- | centi |
| 4 | Latin | centi- | one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one... |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |