Etymograph

English

centesimo

Centesimo comes from Italian centesimo ‘hundredth’, 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‘a hundred’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentcento‘hundred’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcentesimo‘hundredth’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

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‘a hundred’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentcento‘hundred’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcentesimo‘hundredth’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

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

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’

hundred, hectare, 12 more

through Latin centum ‘a hundred’

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

Another origin of centesimo

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*cēsimus‘hundredth’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēsimus‘hundredth’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcentésimo‘hundredth’
  4. Englishtodaycentesimo

Today it means

noun A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / centesimo

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