Etymology

centimetre

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Today it means: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm Full definition →

French centimètre
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  1. French · borrowed fromcentimètre
  2. English todaycentimetre

Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.