Etymograph

English

centenier

Centenier comes from Latin centēnārius ‘containing 100’, from centēnus ‘hundredfold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥1‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱm̥tóm1‘hundred’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kəntom1‘hundred (100)’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentum1‘hundred’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēnus2‘hundredfold’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēnārius3‘containing 100’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600centenier3
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500centener3
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1603centenier3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin centenus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin centenarius
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English centenier
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “In the beginning of his civill warres, his Centeniers…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥Wiktionary, Latin centenus‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱm̥tómWiktionary, Latin centenus‘hundred’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kəntomWiktionary, Latin centenus‘hundred (100)’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentumWiktionary, Latin centenus‘hundred’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēnusWiktionary, Latin centenarius‘hundredfold’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcentēnāriusWiktionary, English centenier‘containing 100’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600centenierWiktionary, English centenier
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500centenerWiktionary, English centenier
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1603centenierWiktionary, English centenier. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “In the beginning of his civill warres, his Centeniers…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

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

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ‘hundred’

hundred, hectare, 12 more

through Latin centum ‘hundred’

century, sen, centurion, centigrade, 10 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of centurion: An officer overseeing 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “centenier”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin centenus, Latin centenarius. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / centenier

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