English → Latin
“cent” in Latin
centēsimushundredthternusthree each; three at a time; triple, threefold, trinaryquaternusfour each; four at a time; four (collective), fourfoldet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar
The English word cent itself goes back to Latin centum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cent
1 per cent., centesimae: 2, 3, 4 per cent., centesimae binae, ternae, quaternae; 5 per cent., centesimae quinae quincunces usurae. With us tradesmen make cent per cent., merces apud nos centuplicato veneunt (Plin.). But observe, this was the monthly interest; hence centesimae was our 12 per cent., binae centesimae our 24 per cent., etc. But the Roman form may be retained by adding in singulos annos. Vid: INTERST.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cent?
- The usual Latin words for “cent” are centēsimus, ternus, quaternus; also et cētera. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.