Etymology

hundo

H4U1N1D2O1

Today it means: A hundred. Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
  3. Proto-Germanic*hundą
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂reh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*Hreh₁dʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂r̥h₁dʰ-éh₂
  9. Proto-Germanic*radō
  10. Proto-Germanic*radą
  11. Proto-Germanic*hundaradą
  12. Proto-West Germanic*hundarad
  13. Old Englishhundred
  14. Middle Englishhundred
  15. Englishhundred
  16. Latinō
  17. Old Frenchoh
  18. Middle Englisho
  19. EnglishO
  20. Middle Englisho
  21. Englishoh
  22. English todayhundo

From hundred + -o.

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