Where does “centium” come from?
centium (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin centō, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.
Ancestry of “centium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | centō | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | — |
Words derived from “centium”