English
cêntimo
Cêntimo comes from Portuguese cêntimo ‘cent’, and goes back to French centime.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcentime
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentcêntimo‘cent’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985cêntimo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcentime
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentcêntimo‘cent’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985cêntimo
Earliest quotation: 1985, Quarterly Economic Review of Angola, São Tomé & Principe: “The Portuguese escudo was replaced by a national currency,…”
Every English word from French centime
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French centime / cêntimo