Etymograph

English

centage

Centage comes from Latin centum ‘hundred’, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t ‘ten’, and ultimately from *déḱm̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥t‘ten’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱm̥tóm‘hundred’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kəntom‘hundred (100)’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentum‘hundred’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1848centage

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥t‘ten’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱm̥tóm‘hundred’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kəntom‘hundred (100)’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentum‘hundred’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1848centage

Earliest quotation: 1848, Thomas Chalmers, Miscellanies: Embracing Reviews: “It would mightily advance the cause, and make direct…”

Formed from -age

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

ten, dick, decade, dean, dozen, den, diner, decimal, tenfold, denier, deca, dwt, doyen, deni, 48 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’

hundred, hectare, 12 more

through Latin centum ‘hundred’

century, sen, centurion, centigrade, centenarian, 10 more

Today it means

noun Rate by the hundred; percentage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / centage

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