Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. · A small sum of money. · A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro. · A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Old French centbor. Middle English cent English cent From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
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