cent
hundred
Latin · centum
Cent comes from Latin centum, "hundred". It appears in words for hundredths, hundred-year spans, and groups of one hundred.
Memory trick
A CENTury has 100 years; a CENT is a hundredth of a dollar.
Words from this root
- cent (cent) — a hundredth part of a dollarसेंट, डॉलर का सौवाँ हिस्सा
- centenary (cent + en + ary) — a hundredth anniversaryशताब्दी वर्षगाँठ
- centigrade (cent + i + grade) — divided into a hundred degreesसौ अंशों में बँटा
- centurion (cent + urion) — Roman officer over a hundred menरोमन सेनानायक
- century (cent + ury) — a period of a hundred yearsसदी, शताब्दी
- percent (per + cent) — out of every hundredप्रतिशत
- percentage (per + cent + age) — a part out of a hundredप्रतिशत, हिस्सा
- percentile (per + cent + ile) — a rank out of a hundredशतांश, प्रतिशतक
- bicentenary (bi + cent + en + ary) — a two-hundredth anniversaryद्विशताब्दी
- tercentenary (ter + cent + en + ary) — a three-hundredth anniversaryत्रिशताब्दी