Etymology

hundredth

hun·dredth
H4U1N1D2R1E1D2T1H4

Today it means: The ordinal form of the number one hundred. Full definition →

Middle English hundred
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromhundred“hundredth”
  2. English todayhundredth

From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix), displacing Old English hundtēontigoþa.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhundred all →

hundred

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