Etymology

centime

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Today it means: A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc. Full definition →

French centime
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  1. French · borrowed fromcentime
  2. English todaycentime

Borrowed from French centime. By surface analysis, cent- + -ime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcentime all →

centimosantim

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