French word centaine comes from French cent ((cardinal) hundred.), French -aine
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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cent | French (fra) | (cardinal) hundred. |
-aine | French (fra) | (noun, or, adjective) (demonyms). (noun-only) Indicates approximation, suffixed to a number. |
centaine | French (fra) | (in plural centaines) hundreds (in arithmetic). Hundred, about a hundred, about one hundred. |