Etymology

percentage

per·cent·age
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Today it means: The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. Full definition →

Latin per centum
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  1. Latin · derived fromper centum“for every hundred”
  2. English todaypercentage

From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).

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