Centenary
/sɛnˈtiːnəri/noun
A period of 100 years, or a celebration marking such a period.
Did you know?Centenary ultimately comes from Latin centenarius, meaning “containing a hundred,” built from centum (“hundred”), the same root behind words like century and percent.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱm̥tóm
“hundred”
Latin
Latin
centum
“hundred”
Latin
Latin
centenarius
“consisting of a hundred; a hundredfold”
Late Latin
Latin
centenarium
“a period or amount of one hundred”
Old French
Old French
centenaire
“of a hundred years; a hundredth anniversary”
Modern English
English
centenary
“a 100th anniversary or a period of 100 years”