English
hectare
Hectare comes from French hectare, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν ‘hundred’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *hekətón.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hekətón‘hundred’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑκατόνhekatón‘hundred’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthectare
- Englishearliest quotation 1997hectare
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hekətón‘hundred’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑκατόνhekatón‘hundred’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthectare
- Englishearliest quotation 1997hectare
Earliest quotation: 1997, Buying a Rural Property: “With careful planning almost anyone can turn the dream…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, dick, dean, dozen, decade, den, diner, decimal, tenfold, denier, centigrade, dwt, deca, doyen, deni, centenarian, 48 more
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t ‘ten’
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’
Today it means
noun A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *hekətón / hectare