Etymology Word of the Week

Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd."  Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast.  Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.

 

Per cent

 

Definition: “in, for, or out of every hundred.” 

Origin/Derivation: From the Latin stems per- meaning “through or by” and centum meaning “100”.

Related Words: centennial, centipede, cent (penny), centimeter, centenarian, centigrade

 

(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)

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Trivia Question of the Week:

 

What are the 7 Wonders of the Modern World? 

 

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Answer:

The Great Wall (China), Petra (Jordan), Colosseum (Rome), Chichen Itza (Mexico), Machu Picchu (Peru), Taj Mahal (India), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)