The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἙκατόγχειρες“the Hundred-Handed”
- Latin · derived fromcentimanus
- English todayCentimanes
From Latin centimanus, a calque of Ancient Greek Ἑκατόγχειρες (Hekatónkheires, “the Hundred-Handed”) from centi- (“100”) + manus (“hand”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.