Etymology

centi-

Today it means: one-hundredth Full definition →

French centi- ← Latin centi- ← Proto-Italic *kəntom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kəntom
  4. Latincentum
  5. Latincenti-
  6. Frenchcenti-
  7. English todaycenti-

From French centi- and its etymon Latin centi-, from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of hecato- and hecto-.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.