Etymology

cento

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Today it means: A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems. Full definition →

Latin cento
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  1. Latin · derived fromcento“patchwork garment”
  2. English todaycento

From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”).

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