English
centenary
Centenary comes from Latin centēnārius ‘containing 100’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēnārius‘containing 100’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859centenary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēnārius‘containing 100’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859centenary
Earliest quotation: 1859, Chronicle of the Hundredth Birthday of R: “The committee of the Mechanics’ Institute having agreed to…”
A compound of centum ‘a hundred’ + centēnus ‘one hundred each’
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’
Proto-Italic *kəntom ‘hundred (100)’
Latin centum ‘a hundred’
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’
Proto-Italic *kəntom ‘hundred (100)’
Latin centum ‘a hundred’
Latin centēnus ‘one hundred each’
Every English word from Latin centēnārius
Today it means
adj Occurring every 100 years.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin centēnārius / centenary