Etymology

Eurocent

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Today it means: One hundredth of a euro. Full definition →

English cent ← Middle English cent ← Old French cent
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The story

  1. EnglishEuro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kəntom
  4. Latincentum
  5. Old Frenchcent
  6. Middle Englishcent
  7. Englishcent
  8. English todayEurocent

From Euro- + cent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.