Hundredth
/ˈhʌn.drədθ/noun
The ordinal form of one hundred; the item or occurrence numbered 100.
Did you know?Hundredth comes from Old English *hundrēoþa*, built from the same Germanic root as *hundred*, which originally referred to a counting unit, not necessarily exactly 100 in every early context.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
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“A reconstructed numeral root behind Germanic counting words; exact ancestral form is debated and not directly attested.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hundr111101
“Ordinal formation related to the counting unit *hundr1101 (hundred).”
Old English
English
hundr13o fea
“The hundredth; the ordinal number 100th.”
Middle English
English
hundredthe
“The hundredth; the ordinal form of one hundred.”
Modern English
English
hundredth
“The ordinal number corresponding to 100.”