English
centimo
Centimo comes from Spanish céntimo ‘hundredth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱm̥tóm‘hundred’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kəntom‘hundred (100)’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentum‘a hundred’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cent
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcent
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcentime
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcéntimo‘hundredth’
- Englishtodaycentimo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱm̥tóm‘hundred’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kəntom‘hundred (100)’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentum‘a hundred’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cent
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcent
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcentime
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcéntimo‘hundredth’
- Englishtodaycentimo
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, dick, decade, dean, dozen, den, diner, decimal, tenfold, denier, deca, dwt, doyen, deni, 49 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’
through Latin centum ‘a hundred’
Today it means
noun A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / centimo