LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

centennālis

centennālis (neuter centennāle)
Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃen.tenˈnaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationhundred-year
    Res proinde Eccleſiaſticæ hodie quadraginta annorum ſpacio præſcribuntur, nec amplius gaudent centennalis præſcriptionis priuilegio.Ecclesiastical property is therefore today prescribed by a period of forty years, and no longer benefits from the privilege of the hundred-year prescription.1640, Hieronymi Treutleri J[uris]C[onsulti]. Selectarum Disputationum ad Ius Civile Iustitianæum, Frankfurt, pages 277–278:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecentennāliscentennāliscentennāle
genitivecentennāliscentennāliscentennālis
dativecentennālīcentennālīcentennālī
accusativecentennālemcentennālemcentennāle
ablativecentennālīcentennālīcentennālī
vocativecentennāliscentennāliscentennāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecentennālēscentennālēscentennālia
genitivecentennāliumcentennāliumcentennālium
dativecentennālibuscentennālibuscentennālibus
accusativecentennālīs
centennālēs
centennālīs
centennālēs
centennālia
ablativecentennālibuscentennālibuscentennālibus
vocativecentennālēscentennālēscentennālia

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kəntom
  4. Latincentennālis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centennālis From centum (“hundred”) + annus (“year”) + -ālis (“-al”).

Descendants
  • Frenchcentennal
  • Italiancentennale

Quick answers

What does centennālis mean in Latin?
centennālis, a adjective, means “hundred-year”.
Where does centennālis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ → Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm → Proto-Italic *kəntom → Latin centennālis.