centesimo

centesimo · noun¹

1. Italian · borrowed fromcentesimo
2. English todaycentesimo

Borrowed from Italian centesimo. Doublet of centime.

centesimo · noun²

1. Latincentēsimus
2. Spanishcentésimo
3. English todaycentesimo

Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.

First known use, by meaning

• from 19th c. A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira.
• from 19th c. A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile.