hundred sad (#) Fr.: cent The smallest three digit number in the decimal system and the smallest square of a two-digit number (10). Etymology (EN): Hundred, from O.E. hundred “a counting of 100,” from P.Gmc. *hunda- “hundred,” as below, + *rath “reckoning, number.” Etymology (PE): Sad “hundred,” from Mid.Pers. sad, sat, Av. sata- “hundred,” satô.raocana- “with a hundred windows,” satô.təmô.sata- “hundreds of hundred;” cf. Skt. śatá- “hundred;” Gk. hekaton; L. centum; Lith. simtas; P.Gmc. *hunda- “hundred” (Goth. hund; O.H.G. hunt); PIE *kmtom “hundred.” |