Hundred
/ˈhʌn.drəd/noun
The number 100.
Did you know?In Old English, *hundred* was not always a fixed 100 in every context, because Germanic number systems could use it as a larger counting unit in legal and administrative settings.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱm̥tóm
“the number one hundred”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hundaradą
“a hundred”
Old English
OE
hund
“a hundred”
Old English
OE
hundred
“a group or unit of a hundred; also a legal/administrative division”
Middle English
ME
hundred
“the number 100”
Modern English
English
hundred
“the number 100”
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